Court junks Palparan plea for bail

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Jan 5): Court junks Palparan plea for bail

Witness found credible in disappearance case

Jovito Palparan. INQUIRER PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC

 

FOR THE MAN so-called “The Butcher” for his alleged human rights violations, the new year opened with a defeat in court.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. is bound to stay detained as a Bulacan court has ruled that the evidence “is strong” to hold him accountable for the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.

In a ruling released on Monday, the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 15 junked Palparan’s plea for bail, upholding the testimony of one witness as “credible” in establishing his possible role in the unresolved disappearance of the two students.

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