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| Coup leader turns himself in |
| 2010-07-08 |
| [Straits Times] A FUGITIVE marine captain, who led two attempts to oust former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has given himself up, a spokesman for the Philippine Navy said on Wednesday. Nicanor Faeldon, who had been in hiding since November 2007, arrived at the headquarters of the Marine Corps on Wednesday, navy spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Edgard Arevalo, told reporters. Faeldon's lawyer confirmed the surrender, saying the fugitive coup leader was hoping for a just and fair trial under a legitimate government. 'He was not captured,' Trixie Angeles told reporters. 'He voluntarily returned to his camp. This has been planned long ago because he wanted himself to be under the jurisdiction of a duly elected president.' Faeldon was first implicated in the takeover of high-rise apartments at the heart of Manila's financial district in July 2003, when 300 junior officers staged a mutiny demanding the resignation of then president Mrs Arroyo over corruption charges. He escaped from military detention in December 2005, but was captured a month later. He escaped a second time after a handful of soldiers occupied a luxury hotel in Manila's financial district in November 2007. |
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