Manila: Parents were sad, students were outraged, and school administration was aghast that a 20-year-old law student died from painful hazing of frat men of Manila’s San Beda College on Monday, reports said.

The lifeless arms and legs of Marc Andrei Marcos were coloured purple, covered by multiple bruises and haematoma, according to the results of the autopsy done by Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory late Monday.

When he was brought to the De La Salle University Medical Centre in southern suburban Dasmarinas, Cavite last Monday, he had no pulse, no blood pressure, no vital signs, a doctor said in a radio interview.

Those who brought him left as soon as Marcos was at the emergency room, said the doctor, adding that Marcos died from renal failure at 3:15 Monday afternoon.

“We started looking for Marc when he went missing from Friday to Sunday. Then someone got in touch with us through our mobile phone, saying that Marc’s condition was stable. Later, they told us he was brought to a hospital, but they did not tell us which hospital we could go to see him,” said the sister of the victim on TV.

“Some people really prevented us from seeing you before your life ended,” his mother said on TV, addressing her lifeless son.

Marcos’ grandfather, a lawyer, asked for people with conscience to “help give justice” to his grandson, an aspiring lawyer.

Marcos belongs to a family of lawyers in Tarlac, central Luzon.

Meanwhile, media men were prevented from entering the chapel of San Beda College where a mass was held for the fallen student.

Former Senator Rene Saguisag, a product of San Beda College, said that investigation is going on to find out the identity of students who were responsible for the death of Marcos.

Marcos joined a fraternity that is not listed in the school’s approved associations, but has been recruiting members from San Beda College, another source said.

Earlier, the siblings of Marcos tried to dissuade him from joining a fraternity.

The administration of the San Beda College of Law and the Law Student Government tried to remedy the situation in a statement posted on Facebook.

“We will fully cooperate in the investigation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP),” said the school in a statement.

“Violence will never be tolerated by this Law School. San Beda will fully cooperate with the investigation and rest assured that everything is being done to see that justice is served,” the statement added.

Last February, law student Marvin Reglos also of San Beda College died from hazing. His case was not yet resolved.

Convicted perpetrators of hazing are dismissed from the school and not allowed to pursue law as a college course.

Authorities are alarmed with records showing that cases of hazing in prestigious Philippine universities have increased.