MALOLOS CITY: Families and lawyers of missing University of the Philippines (UP) students slammed the alleged special treatment of the Armed Forces of the Philippines given to retired major general Jovito Palparan who is accused of masterminding the abduction of activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.

Edre Olalia, one of the private prosecutors, described the security arrangement for Palparan as “overacting” after at least a dozen military officers accompanied him inside the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 14 on Monday on the resumption of cross-examination of Raymond Manalo, a key witness in the abduction case.

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