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Supporters picket outside the Philippine National Police (PNP)
Hangar where Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo
is held before being flown to Leyte
PHOTO BY DABET CASTAÑEDA |
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Rep. Satur Ocampo
of Bayan Muna Party (BM or People First) was awakened in his detention
cell at the Western Police District in Manila at 3 a.m. this morning by
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) agents and was told that he was to be
transferred to Leyte.
By 5 a.m. he was dragged to the Philippine
National Police (PNP) hangar near the Domestic Airport in Pasay City on
board a green Starex van with plate no. RAY 504. Ocampo was accompanied
by Bobbie Malay his wife, Rep. Teddy Casino also of Bayan
Muna and staff of the party list. He was to be transported by PNP
chopper to Hilongos, Leyte with refuelling stops in Bicol and Iloilo.
Even the PNP personnel in-charge of the hangar were surprised and told
Bulatlat that they were not informed of the transfer earlier.
Meanwhile, Neri
Colmenares, BM general counsel and third nominee, told Bulatlat
in a phone interview that he has been in Leyte since 1:30 a.m.
this morning, accompanied by Arman Perez, BM-Cebu secretary general, to
file a petition before the Leyte court to allow Ocampo to be temporarily
detained in Manila pending the March 23 Supreme Court hearing.
Colmenares said that Hilongos, Leyte is heavily militarized. In fact,
there are Philippine Army trucks from the airport to the court in
Hilongos, Leyte. There is also a PNP van roaming the court and a group
of PNP agents shouting “Ocampo kriminal, Parusahan!” Bulatlat
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