Monday, December 3, 2007

Trillanes, 35 others face rebellion, sedition raps

Senator Trillanes- The rebel Senator

MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Justice (DoJ) has approved the filing of a rebellion case against Senator Antonio Trillanes and 35 other civilian and military officers over the siege at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City last week.
In a 10-page resolution, the four-man panel of prosecutors, led bySenior State Prosecutor Emmanuel Velasco, said that aside from Trillanes, the violation of Article 134 of the Revised Penal Code for Rebellion has been filed against former vice-president Teofisto Guingona Jr., Brigadier General Danilo Lim, Bishop Julio Labayen, Reverend Father Robert Reyes, Captain Gary Alejano, Captain Segundino Orfiano Jr., Lieutenant Senior Grades Manuel Cabochan and James Layug, Lieutenant Junior Grade Arturo Pascua Jr., 1st Lieutenant Eugene Peralta;
Lieutenant Andy Torrato, 1st Lieutenant Billy Pasua, 1st LieutenantJonel Sangalan, ENS Armand Pontejos, lawyers J.V. Bautista and Yassir Gonzales, CPL Clecarde Dahan, Private First Class Juanito Jilbury, PFC Emmanuel Tirador;
PFC German Linde, Antonio Trillanes III, Myrna Buendia,Dominador Rull Jr., Romeo Solis, Roel Gadon, Rommel Loreto, JulianAdvincula, Francisco Bosi;
Leodor Dela Cruz, Sonny Madarang, Elizabeth Siguion-Reyna, Francisco Penaflor, and several John and Jane Does.
On the other hand, lawyer El Cid Fajardo, Herman Laurel, Leonido Toledo Jr., Evangeline Mendoza, Jose Albert, Eduardo Castro, Ferdinand Sandoval, Julio Ancheta, Stella Guingona, Maamor Lanto, Romeo Dacles, Ryan Custodio, Edgardo Viana, a certain Tulalay and Ray Linaac were released for further preliminary investigation.
Another preliminary investigation will also be conducted againstCaptain Nicanor Faeldon who escaped during the siege.
The complaint will be filed before the Makati City regional trial court.
Other members of the government panel are State Prosecutors Philip dela Cruz and Aristotle Reyes and Prosecuting Attorney II Alvin Navarro.

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