A Philippine judge who approved nuisance police raids on local online gambling operators has had his warrant-issuing privileges suspended by the country’s Supreme Court.

Last week, the Philippine News Agency reported that the Supreme Court had issued a resolution on May 31 cutting the wings of Malabon City RTC Branch 170 Judge Zaldy B. Docena for the “overissuance of search warrants.”

Judge Docena is hereby prohibited from issuing any search warrants in the next six months while the authorities conduct an investigation into the rationale behind some of his decisions to issue warrants.

The Supreme Court has ordered the Office of the Court Administrator to “immediately seal/secure all records/folder pertaining to the applications for search warrant received by Judge Docent.”