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PEOPLE vs. Marong, Akmad , et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff appellee, vs. AKMAD MARONG and ABDURAJIK NADUWA, defendants whose death sentences are under review.

G.R. No. L-56858 | 1982-12-27

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is a case of kidnapping for ransom. At about nine o'clock in the evening of July 7, 1979, seven rebels or terrorists, members of the Moro National Liberation Front, armed with high-powered firearms and using two pumpboats, stealthily boarded the MV Minerva I, a fishing boat anchored at the shoreline between Sitios Kalang Salamat and Sitio Bojelebong, municipality of Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.

The rebels at gunpoint took into custody Benjamin de la Rosa, the captain of the fishing boat or launch, and two security guards, Abdurasul Mannan, 20, and Teddy P. Tarabasal (Amaikaidal Pawaki), 21, who were asleep, and...