One of the accused Scout Rangers, Captain Ruben Guinolbay, arrives under heavy guard.
A close-up shot of ex-Marine commandant Major General Renato Miranda, behind him is his former aide and only woman co-accused, First Lieutenant Belinda Ferrer. Ferrer passed out Go Nuts Donuts to her co-accused and defense lawyers during the hearing.
The three alleged coup ringleaders since failed uprising in February: (L-R) Miranda, Army Brigadier General Danilo Lim and Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin. It was the first time they were seen together since the failed coup.
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It is unfortunate that the pictures do not reflect the injustice being dealt to the officers on trial in Tanay. The Scout Rangers, perhaps more than anyone else. They arrived in handcuffs and under heavy armed guard. I suppose this only means that someone, or some rather powerful someones are afraid of these men.
Consider this, they were incarcerated without charges being filed until nearly four months after they were detained, long after the prescribed period of thirty-six hours by which persons can be held without charge. Then, they were subjected to a pre-trial investigation which showed that a majority of them had been exonerated -- including Captain Guinolbay (shown in picture). Thereafter, the Chief of Staff -- himself involved in the incident, and not a disinterested party -- ordered the court martial to proceed anyway.
In short, a majority of the Scout Rangers currently detained in Tanay are being held without legal basis. Thats military injustice for you.
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