Police witness tortured to link Hataman to Batasan bombing

http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071206hed6.html
Gerry Baldo, Charlie V. Manalo and PNA
12/06/2007
One of the alleged masterminds in the Batasan Pambansa Complex bombing yesterday accused the Philippine National Police (PNP) of torturing its witness to force him to execute an affidavit that would link him and another political figure from Mindanao in the bomb blast.(Larawan: Batasan Blast en.epochtimes.com )

Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman, in a privilege speech, noted that former Tuburan Mayor Hajaron Jamiri had been severely tortured by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in order to implicate him and former House Deputy Speaker Gerry Salapuddin in the Nov. 13 blast that killed Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and four other legislative employees.

Police witness tortured to link Hataman to Batasan bombing
Gerry Baldo, Charlie V. Manalo and PNA
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20071206hed6.html
12/06/2007
One of the alleged masterminds in the Batasan Pambansa Complex bombing yesterday accused the Philippine National Police (PNP) of torturing its witness to force him to execute an affidavit that would link him and another political figure from Mindanao in the bomb blast.
(Hajarun Jamiri, former mayor of Lamitan town in Basilan, claimed that he had been “tortured” by police into admitting to the assassination of Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar. On Monday, he showed pictures to “prove” it. Photo By Jessie C. Laureta / http://www.manilatimes.net/ )

Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman, in a privilege speech, noted that former Tuburan Mayor Hajaron Jamiri had been severely tortured by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in order to implicate him and former House Deputy Speaker Gerry Salapuddin in the Nov. 13 blast that killed Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and four other legislative employees.

The party-list lawmaker’s brother Jim, who lost to Akbar in the May congressional elections, was also implicated. “According to the relatives of Jamiri, he was beaten up, electrocuted and made to suffer different forms of torture just to pin down and implicate them,” Hataman said.

The lawmaker, armed with a picture of Jamiri, said it is clear that the markings of torture are all over the hands, nipple and various parts of the body of the police witness. Hataman said as of press time Jamiri is being examined by a medico legal doctor to prove that he has been tortured.

He also appealed to the CIDG to stop the alleged practice of torturing witnesses even as he called on Jamiri to come out and expose the police.
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Suspect in Batasan Bombing retracts statement implicating Rep.Mujiv Hataman
Suspect says Hataman, Salapuddin not involved in blast
ABS-CBN News Online
National (as of 12/4/2007 3:07 AM)

Former mayor Hajaron Jamiri has withdrawn an earlier statement he made that Anak Mindanao party-list Rep. Mujiv Hataman and ex-Basilan congressman Gerry Salapuddin were involved in the blast at the Batasan Pambansa complex that killed Rep. Wahab Akbar and three congressional aides on November 13.

Jamiri's lawyer told ABS-CBN News correspondent Dominic Almelor Monday night that his client was forced to sign the affidavit linking Hataman and Salapuddin to the blast.

The lawyer added that Jamiri has likewise absolved Jim Hataman, the congressman's brother, of involvement in the bomb attack. Director General Avelino Razon, chief of the Philippine National Police, meanwhile, said he has yet to be informed of the development.

A hearing has been scheduled for December 10. Jamiri's lawyer said they will file a counter-affidavit before the court on that date.

Jamiri was tagged among the suspects in the blast that also injured 12 people.
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PNP executing script to nail me to Batasan blast - Hataman
By: Fidel Jimenez
GMANews.TV
12/04/2007 | 09:16 PM
A party-list lawmaker, one of two high profile personalities tagged as masterminds behind the November 13 blast at the Batasang Pambansa, slammed Tuesday the result of the investigation of the Philippine National Police- Criminal Investigation Group (PNP-CIDG) into the attack.

In his privilege speech, Anak Mindanao Rep. Mujiv Hataman, said he believes that police investigators are executing a “script" to implicate him in the explosion that blew to death five people including his political rival, Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar.

“We all witnessed the incident and how authorities swiftly caught the suspects in Payatas (Quezon City). And how lucky the authorities were when all the [pieces of] evidence that they said were used in plotting the bomb attack are found in the supposed hide out," he said.

But like a telenovela, Hataman said there should be mysteries in the script just like the death of one of the suspects, Abu Jandal, an alleged bomb maker, and the confession of Ridwan Indama, the man who allegedly conspired with the supposed masterminds.

“If only they were still alive, this telenovela is already finished and the truth has come out. But what if the ‘director’ who is all behind this things wanted a different ending?" Hataman asked.
The complete piece is at: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/71409/ PNP-executing-script-to-nail-me-to-Batasan-blast---Hataman

CIA Destroyed Torture Tapes
Kahit ang Amerika na nagbabandila kuno ng demokrasya sa mundo, nalalagay sa matinding kahihiyan. Dahil itong Bush government at CIA, total denial din sa TORTURE.

By Joe Kay
The revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed at least two video tapes depicting the torture of prisoners held by the United States underscores the brazen criminality of the Bush administration. Aside from the torture itself, the elimination of evidence of brutal interrogation exposes top CIA and government officials to obstruction of justice charges.
The complete piece is at: http://www.countercurrents.org/kay081207.htm