MANILA, Philippines — Spouses Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who are members of the peace negotiating panel on the communist side, were deprived of a fair trial after witnesses who could have presented evidence in their favor were harassed, according to their lawyers.
In a statement on Friday after the couple was found guilty for kidnapping and placing three military officers and a member of a narcotics command under serious illegal detention, lawyer Rachel Pastores said that circumstances leading up to the promulgation of the case prevented the Tiamzons from defending themselves properly.
Pastores, managing counsel of the Public Interest Law Center (PILC), is the counsel fo…
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