Director General Jesus Verzosa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday the removal of five Marine commandos and a Navy soldier, who were implicated in the failed Oakwood mutiny, from its most wanted list.

The move is in compliance with the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) after its investigation revealed that there were no charges filed against them in connection with their involvement on the November 2007 Manila Peninsula siege.

Ordered stricken out from the PNP Wanted List were Corporal Jerson Alabata, Privates First Class Abraham Apostol, Jojo Abando, Hardy Glaraga, Jojit Soriano, all of the Philippine Marines; and, Seaman First Class Gerardo Dedicatura.

“The Chief PNP has already ordered the Directorate for Intelligence and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to delete the six Philippine Navy and Marines personnel from the wanted list as requested by the CHR,” said Senior Superintendent Leonardo Espina, PNP spokesman.

“So right now, we are now in the process of erasing them from the wanted list and recalling the wanted posters which we earlier released,” he added.

With the move, Espina said only Marines Private First Class Monchito Lusterio will remain on their list as he remains at large since a case was filed against him in connection with the Manila Peninsula siege.

The PNP came up with wanted posters sometime 2006 and 2007 with the names and pictures of the seven soldiers which was aimed at expediting their arrests.

Although the six soldiers whose names will be stricken out of the wanted list were charged before a military tribunal in connection with the Oakwood mutiny, the CHR, in its investigation, stated that no further case was leveled against them.

“They have already served their respective sentence and have been back on full active duty since May 2005,” the CHR said.

Under the PNP procedure, a person who is still at large after being convicted or was slapped with a case but was not yet arrested or jumped bail will be included in the wanted list.

“Considering that only Private First Class Lusterio falls within the requirements given by the PNP, the Commission is of the belief that there is no legal basis for the inclusion of the other alleged Magdalo members in the wanted list,” the CHR said.

In 2003, hundreds of soldiers from the military’s elite units took over the Oakwood Hotel to protest the alleged corruption and wrongdoings in the military.

The mutiny, led by members of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1995 wherein prominent was former Navy lieutenant (senior grade) and now Senator Antonio Trillanes, was foiled and all of them were subject to court martial.