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People of the Philippines Vs. Raga Sarapida Mamantak & Likas Sarapida Taurak

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-appellee, versus RAGA SARAPIDA MAMANTAK and LIKAD SARAPIDA TAURAK, Accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 174659 | 2008-07-28

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

There are people who are simply incapable of feeling pity or compassion for others.

Ma. Teresa Basario must have felt a dagger deep in her heart when she lost her two-year old son, Christopher, two weeks before Christmas on December 13, 1999. And again upon being reunited with him some 16 months later when he could neither recognize her nor remember who he was.

Justice demands that those responsible for this cruel and agonizing separation of mother and child be punished to the full extent of the law.

At about 3:00 p.m. on December 13, 1999, Teresa went with Christopher and her elder sister Zenaida to a...