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By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA      (PhilaMessenger.net) CUMPIO, DOMEQUIL SENTENCED 12 YEARS IN PRISON CHICAGO (PM) – WITH the dismissal of illegal possession of firearms against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil, they can now file charges against their arresting officers for violating their due process for malicious fabrication of evidence. If Cumpio and Domequil deny owning the more than P500,000 (US$8.6K) allegedly confiscated from them, the arresting officers and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) should also prove how Mesdames Cumpio and Do...

Philippine Interests
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA      (PhilaMessenger.net) CUMPIO, DOMEQUIL SENTENCED 12 YEARS IN PRISON CHICAGO (PM) – WITH the dismissal of illegal possession of firearms against journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil, they can now file charges against their arresting officers for violating their due process for malicious fabrication of evidence. If Cumpio and Domequil deny owning the more than P500,000 (US$8.6K) allegedly confiscated from them, the arrestin...
Philippine Interests

JGL Eye: WHY PROSECUTORS SHOULD DROP THE CASES AGAINST JOURNALIST FRENCHIE MAE CUMPIO?

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) CHICAGO (PM) – If Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is convicted on Jan. 22, she should vigorously file an appeal. A ruling by the Philippine Court of Appeals last October that Ms. Cumpio is not a “designated or proscribed terrorist” member of the New People’s Army should also demolish the other charges that she was allegedly in possession of illegal firearms or for committing a double murder at the time that she was being closely monitored ...