MANILA, Aug. 22 -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III on Friday expressed support for a bill pushing to lower the age of criminal liability as long as the measure has scientific basis.

Torre said they will express their stand on the issue in writing and submit it to lawmakers.

"Actually, this is a hot topic now. The PNP will give its formal stand on this in a written paper. This is one of our legislative agenda that we will give to our Congress so that we can have a voice if the law regarding juveniles is revised," he told reporters after a command conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City.

"We do support the lowering of the age of discernment but it should be based on scientific evidence. There are studies tha...