Eight Moro detainees allowed to post bail by Taguig Court

Posted to the MILF Website (Feb 21): Eight Moro detainees allowed to post bail by Taguig Court

In a hearing held on February 15, 2013, Branch 271 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig in Taguig City granted the petitions for bail of eight of the accused in the case of “People v. Alu Binago, et. al”.
The “no bail” recommendation of the court seemed overwhelming at first for those who had been accused of the multiple charges related to the August 18, 2008 attack in Maasim, Sarangani. Still, they challenged the recommendation, for they believed that “the truth shall set [them] free,” as told by one of the accused.

Some of the petitions for bail had been filed as early as mid-2012, but it was only on February 15, 2013 that the prosecution finally admitted that they had no witness to present. In fact, the witness who was supposed to be presented by the prosecution at the hearing could not be located at his purported address, even when he was subpoenaed by the court.

The court thus recommended a P200,000 bail for each of the accused.

The eight (8) detainees are: Eduard Guerra, Jayon Saligan @ Comdr Aguilar, Anwar Mustafa, Nasser Bansil, Tawasir Sulani, Dido Binago, Jover Leonsily, and Jamer Sadavao. One other detainee, Rico Watamama, had died earlier while in jail.

The families of the detainees are now raising money to cover their bail.

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