{"id":35764,"date":"2014-12-17T23:27:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=35764"},"modified":"2014-12-17T23:27:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:27:05","slug":"santiago-escudero-want-pemberton-detained-in-ordinary-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/17\/santiago-escudero-want-pemberton-detained-in-ordinary-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago, Escudero want Pemberton detained in ordinary cell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton (left) and Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Wednesday said American serviceman Scott Pemberton should be transferred to a city jail after a court in Olongapo City issued a warrant of arrest for allegedly killing a Filipino transgender last October.<\/p>\n

\u201dNormally, any person who has been formally accused in court goes to city jail. So Pemberton should go there,\u201d Santiago said in media interview.<\/p>\n

Santiago said she supports the government\u2019s request for custody of Pemberton who is now detained at the Camp Aguinaldo with fellow US servicemen providing security for him.<\/p>\n

\u201dOur view of the Visiting Forces Agreement is that after a warrant of arrest has been issued, jurisdiction pertains to the Philippine authorities,\u201d Santiago, an international law expert, said.<\/p>\n

\u201dTherefore, it is the Philippine government that will determine where the person must be detained,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

Senator Francis \u2018Chiz\u2019 Escudero urged the DFA to remain true to its word that the Philippine government shall take custody of Pemberton once a warrant of arrest was issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a warrant of arrest is issued, we will request the US to turn over the serviceman\u2019s custody to us,\u201d Escudero said, quoting DFA Secretary Alberto Del Rosario\u2019s statement in a previous Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

He said Del Rosario should make public the US Embassy\u2019s reply and should stand firm to assert the government\u2019s power and authority over Pemberton since he committed a crime here in the country.<\/p>\n

Escudero also supported the stand of Santiago to detain Pemberton in an ordinary cell like an ordinary criminal.<\/p>\n

Esudero, however, said Pemberton should also be given a fair treatment, and not a VIP treatment, under Philippine laws in the same way Filipinos who committed crimes here are afforded due process.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our fellow Filipinos were oppressed abroad, why would we put a foreigner on a pedestal and give him special treatment more than the Filipinos in their own land?\u201d Escudero asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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