A LOCAL executive from Lopez, Quezon has filed serious illegal detention charges against Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Makati in relation to his supposed unlawful imprisonment for five months in the province of Pangasinan.
Aside from Tan, also charged for violation of Article 267 of the Revised Penal Code were engineer Ronnel Tan, regional director of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the Ilocos region, and provincial correspondent Jaime Aquino.
In the complaint, Lopez, Quezon Councilor Arkie Yulde alleged that the Tan couple and Aquino were behind his five-month illegal imprisonment for the fake kidnapping and serious illegal detention with rape case filed against him last year before Branch 53 of the Rosales, Pangasinan regional trial court. The case was dismissed by the Pangasinan court on February 9 due to lack of legal basis after determination that the prosecution’s evidence, such as birth certificate of the alleged victim and medico-legal report were fabricated. The court likewise held that Yulde’s right to a speedy trial was violated by the prosecution.
Yulde’s complaint with the Makati Prosecutor’s Office included a sworn affidavit from witness Jestin Aquino, who is a son of the accused Aquino. Jestin served as a personal driver and personal assistant of his father and knew all of his father’s transactions, including the forgery of documents.
The younger Aquino, in a press conference following the filing of the complaint, confirmed that his father and the Tans knew each other. He said he and his father met with the congresswoman and the DPWH official several times in different establishments in Makati City. He claimed that on separate days, he and his father met with the Tans who gave his father the fake documents that will be used against Yulde. During one of their meetings, Jestin said he saw the Tan couple give his father P3 million.
Lawyer Freddie Villamor, Yulde’s legal counsel, alleged the Tan couple gave Jaime P30 million to ruin the local official’s name.
