Marcos gov’t opposes release of 81-year-old man jailed over mistaken identity

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The Marcos government wants 81-year-old Prudencio Calubid Jr returned to jail, saying he does look like the suspect a court ruled he had been mistaken for.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/marcos-government-appeal-release-prudencio-calubid-jr-mistaken-identity-case/

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00:00The Marcos government wants 81-year-old Prudencio Calhubid Jr. returned to jail,

00:06saying he does look like the suspect a court ruled he had been mistaken for.

00:09The Office of the Solicitor General is appealing Calhubid's release,

00:13which was ordered by the Court of Appeals on June 28.

00:16It says the photo in Calhubid's Facebook page, quote,

00:19bore significant similarities to the wanted suspect.

00:21The court had granted Calhubid's petition for writ of habeas corpus,

00:25saying his arrest and detention were a case of mistaken identity.

00:28Calhubid was arrested in Ilongapo City last December

00:31on an arrest warrant for a person with the same name who was wanted for serious crimes.

00:35Calhubid and his family show documents to prove he was a different person.

00:39But the police arrested him anyway, and he ended up jailed for six months.

00:43The suspect the police are looking for was a consultant for the National Democratic Front

00:47and has been missing since his abduction in 2006.

00:51A retired technician, Calhubid suffers from chronic kidney disease, arthritis, and gout,

00:56all of which he endured while in detention.

00:58Human rights group Karapatan, says the OSG's motion for reconsideration, quote,

01:02harps on technicalities and merely repeats the PNP-CIDG's false claims

01:07that it had conducted extensive investigation and intelligence gathering

01:11to verify Calhubid's identity.

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