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April 25, 2008
MANILA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Nur Misuari, a former rebel group leader who is facing rebellion charges over a 2001 deadly hostage siege, was granted bail by a Philippine regional court on Friday.
Misuari, former chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), will be temporarily freed from detention, local television network ABS-CBN News said. The Makati City Court on Friday ordered Misuari and his co-accused to post 50,000 pesos (1,196 U.S. dollars) bail each.
Citing sources with the Department of Justice, the online edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Judge Winluv Dimayas gave the order in accordance with the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster.
Misuari's family immediately posted the bail before Judge Dimayas as his supporters have started to prepare a thanks-giving party, reports said.
Salvador Panelo, Misuari's lawyer, welcomed the court decision but said the grant of bail showed the government's case against Misuari is weak.
"We are glad that the court reconsidered its decision," the online edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Panelo as saying.
Misuari became the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after he signed a peace deal with the government as MNLF chief in 1996, ending decades of bloody clashes.
He was accused of launching a new rebellion in Sulu islands and Zamboanga city in the southern region of Mindanao to protest the alleged government renege of the peace agreement in November 2001. At least 60 people died in the short-lived rebellion.
Misuari was arrested in Malaysia soon after he fled the rebellion and was extradited to the Philippines in January 2002. He has been put under detention since then.
Philippine Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye on Friday said the administration will not contest the bail as it firmly believes that Misuari would abide by the terms of the court.
"Misuari has satisfactorily convinced the court that he will not escape. I think he will be released on bail and the purpose of that," Bunye said.
But He reiterated that Misuari is not yet off the hook in connection with the rebellion charges
Detained former Philippine rebel leader granted bail
April 25, 2008
MANILA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Nur Misuari, a former rebel group leader who is facing rebellion charges over a 2001 deadly hostage siege, was granted bail by a Philippine regional court on Friday.
Misuari, former chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), will be temporarily freed from detention, local television network ABS-CBN News said. The Makati City Court on Friday ordered Misuari and his co-accused to post 50,000 pesos (1,196 U.S. dollars) bail each.
Citing sources with the Department of Justice, the online edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Judge Winluv Dimayas gave the order in accordance with the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster.
Misuari's family immediately posted the bail before Judge Dimayas as his supporters have started to prepare a thanks-giving party, reports said.
Salvador Panelo, Misuari's lawyer, welcomed the court decision but said the grant of bail showed the government's case against Misuari is weak.
"We are glad that the court reconsidered its decision," the online edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Panelo as saying.
Misuari became the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after he signed a peace deal with the government as MNLF chief in 1996, ending decades of bloody clashes.
He was accused of launching a new rebellion in Sulu islands and Zamboanga city in the southern region of Mindanao to protest the alleged government renege of the peace agreement in November 2001. At least 60 people died in the short-lived rebellion.
Misuari was arrested in Malaysia soon after he fled the rebellion and was extradited to the Philippines in January 2002. He has been put under detention since then.
Philippine Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye on Friday said the administration will not contest the bail as it firmly believes that Misuari would abide by the terms of the court.
"Misuari has satisfactorily convinced the court that he will not escape. I think he will be released on bail and the purpose of that," Bunye said.
But He reiterated that Misuari is not yet off the hook in connection with the rebellion charges