Palace stance on HK probe fans more anger
By Michaela P. del Callar 12/20/2010Palace remarks that laid down the conditions for the Aquino adminis-tration’s accession to a Hong Kong plan to reopen the probe into the hostage-taking crisis further fanned anger in territory over the President Aquino’s handling of the tragic incident.
Li Yick-biu, a survivor of the botched hostage rescue operation last Aug. 23 was quoted in the South China Morning Post (SCMP) as reacting angrily to Aquino spokes-man Abigail Valte’s statement that the Aquino administratin will put the rights of Filipinos first if Hong Kong calls them to testify at an inquiry.
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice said it wanted to summon 116 Filipino witnesses, including Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, police snipers, doctors and medical examiners, to its own inquiry.
Li demanded the Philippine authorities to “do what they can” to give evidence in the Hong Kong court. Li, 73, was released unharmed by hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza during the incident in which eight Hongkongers died..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101220hed3.html
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