Malacanang on Tuesday denied allegations that it is involved
in the plea bargain agreement with the family of slain Filipino transgender
Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude.
Reports said Laude’s lead counsel, lawyer Harry Roque,
alleged that someone from the Executive Department is pressuring the victim’s
family to accept a homicide charge for the suspect instead of murder.
”Walang katotohanan at walang batayan ang paratang na yan
(There is no truth to that and that allegation is baseless,” Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a
briefing Tuesday.
Earlier, Laude’s family said they will not accept a homicide
charge, which has a lower jail term compared to murder, for 19-year old US
Marine Pfc Joseph Scott Pemberton because they want him to suffer in jail.
Laude was found dead inside a bathroom of an Olongapo City
Witnesses later on testified that the Caucasian man is
Pemberton.
The next murder trial of the US
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