TACLOBAN CITY —- Different cause-oriented groups have appealed for the release of a community journalist and her two companions, who were arrested in February 2020, for allegedly keeping unlicensed firearms and explosives.
The groups, in a statement, said the charges filed against journalist Frenchiemae Cumpio, Marielle Domequil, and Alexander Philip Abinguna have no legal basis.
Aside from illegal possession of firearms, the three are also facing charges of possession of explosives, which is a non-bailable offense.
Their two other companions—Mira Ligon and Marissa Cabaljao—were released from detention after posting bail last year on charges of illegal possession of firear…
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