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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
3 more Subic rape witnesses emerge
By Marna H. Dagumboy
CAMP OLIVAS -- Three more witnesses to the alleged gang rape by six US Marines of a 22-year-old Filipino woman at the Subic Bay Freeport in Olongapo City emerged Monday and gave their testimonies to the investigating panel.
The witnesses include two security guards and a lady receptionist at the Neptune Disco Bar, who voluntarily gave a blow-by-blow account of the incident that transpired inside the establishment last November 1.
Their identities are withheld for security reasons.
One of the witnesses said that at about 11:30 p.m. last November 1, he saw a group of foreigners assisting a woman into a green van. He even heard one of the foreigners yelling, "She's with me, we gonna go now."
The group, the witness said in his sworn affidavit, rushed out of the Neptune Disco Bar.
A 25-year-old lady receptionist and a freshman computer student, meanwhile, told investigators she saw a woman going out of the bar at around 11:30 p.m., accompanied by an American.
Another security guard detailed at the Neptune Bar noticed the presence of the Americans and other guests on November 1.
The accused, later identified as Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, Lance Corporal Keith Silkwood, Chad Carpenter, Corey Burris, Albert Lara and Dominic Duplantis, all members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) stationed in Okinawa, Japan, will be facing preliminary investigation on Wednesday.
They are expected to submit their respective counter-affidavits on the same day. (Sun.Star Pampanga/Sunnex)
(November 22, 2005 issue)
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