By ED MAHILUM
The lawyer of recaptured Oakwood mutineer Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon said yesterday the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) has refused to allow visitors to see Faeldon, including members of his family.
Lawyer Gener Cito said ISAFP chief Brig. Gen. Orlando Quevedo has ordered tight security for Faeldon, a leader of the Oakwood mutiny group called "Magdalo."
The Marine captain’s estranged wife Tita Untalan-Faeldon, his brother Cesar, and two commissioners of the Commission on Human Rights were not allowed to see him, Cito said.
Untalan-Faeldon who traveled from Mindoro island, became hysterical after being denied entry to the ISAFP compound where Faeldon is being detained, said Cito.
Meanwhile, lawyer Roel Pulido, counsel of Lt. Patricio Bumindang, another Oakwood mutineer who escaped from detention, criticized the shoot-to-kill order against the escapees and those out to destabilize the government reportedly issued by Maj. Gen. Romeo Tolentino, commanding general of the Northern Luzon Command.
"The shoot-to-kill order is dangerous," Pulido said, while pointing out that an individual suspect remains innocent until proven otherwise.
"What I know is that an individual can be shot under the ‘shoot-to-kill’ order if he or she resists arrest or poses threat while under arrest," said Pulido, adding that "this is an indication that the official issuing the order has lost command and control."
Aside from Bumindang, Capt. Nathaniel Rabonza, and 1Lts. Lawrence San Juan and Sonny Sarmiento are still at large.
Pulido also alleged that Faeldon may have been tortured as no one has been allowed to get near him.
He said that he would ask the military to have Faeldon undergo medical check-up.
Meanwhile, lawyer Rene Saguisag, legal counsel of Sarmiento, reminded the military that the four escapees were not convicted felons and were not charged with common crimes.
He said the shoot-to-kill order against the escapees was an indication that Martial Law was creeping in and that President Arroyo is under the military.
"It has a chilling effect,’’ Saguisag said.
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