Two former officials of the Philippine Marines and four
others are facing an imprisonment of from two to six years for their
involvement in gun smuggling in 2000.
This after the Sandiganbayan on Wednesday found the six
accused guilty in the attempted smuggling of firearms from the government.
Among those found guilty were former Philippine Marines
Commandant Percival Subala and former Philippine Marines Assistant Chief of
Staff Cesar Dela Pena.
The case stemmed from the recovery of five MP5
sub-machineguns which were included in the 96 assorted short firearms and
rifles from the Taiwanese-led gunrunning syndicate on Oct. 5, 2000 in Subic , Zambales.
It appeared in the investigation that the serial numbers of
the five MP5 sub-machineguns were included in the 72 units of firearms already
delivered to the Philippine Marines in June 2000.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=860359
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.