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Parents of hostage victims will not press charges

Posted By Peter On March 30, 2007 @ 2:22 pm In News | Comments Disabled

Last Wednesday, we reported that a man took around 30 kids hostage ^[1] in a 10 hour drama that ended peacefully. Now that authorities are preparing charges against Armando Ducat on charges of illegal detention and possession of firearms and explosives (punishable by 40 years in prison), the parents of the kids refuse to press charges against him and even call him a hero because of his motives on the kidnapping.

Anyway, I think that he should still face punishment (if not prison then social service?) for the incident. I mean how many more cra… idealistic hostage takers will copy this and demand “that other countries forgive the Philippine’s billions of debt” or even “bring back FPJ to life”?

More Information:
ABS-CBN News – Parents of abducted kids rally in support of hostage-taker ^[2]
Inquirer – Parents of children held hostage won’t press charges ^[3]

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[1] a man took around 30 kids hostage: http://manila.metblogs.com/archives/2007/03/man_takes_30_ki.phtml

[2] ABS-CBN News – Parents of abducted kids rally in support of hostage-taker: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=71943

[3] Inquirer – Parents of children held hostage won’t press charges : http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=57894

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