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Two cadets to stay in Baguio jail

- by Aurora Alambra -
BAGUIO CITY — A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge here has denied the petition of two Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets earlier indicted for the March 10 death of Cadet Edward Domingo, to be detained at the PMA stockade instead of the city jail.

RTC Judge Ruben Ayson shared the prosecutor’s view that Cadets Third Class John Louie Ong and Michael Perang are only students and not yet soldiers and thus, cannot be left in the custody of the commanding officer as in the case of military men who commit crimes while in the performance of their duties.

Ayson said the two cadets are charged with an offense that is punishable under the Revised Penal Code, and that the RTC is not a military tribunal.

The arraignment of Ong and Perang has been reset to May 23 after their counsels informed the court about their plan to appeal the resolution of the city prosecutor’s office indicting the two cadets for murder.

Nap Ferrer, Ayson’s legal researcher, said the cadets’ lawyers hope to have the charge reduced to either plain homicide or homicide through reckless imprudence by way of a reinvestigation.

Should their appeal be rejected, the lawyers said they would ask the Department of Justice for a review of the case.

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A REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

AYSON

CADET EDWARD DOMINGO

CADETS

CADETS THIRD CLASS JOHN LOUIE ONG AND MICHAEL PERANG

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

JUDGE RUBEN AYSON

NAP FERRER

ONG AND PERANG

PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY

REVISED PENAL CODE

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