No special treatment for Olalia accused

The wife of one of the accused in the Olalia-Alay-ay double-murder case said on Saturday that her husband, a retired Air Force colonel, could be detained in “any facility” as long as the necessary security and medical measures were in place.

Elsa Kapunan’s statement appeared to contradict that of

Eduardo Kapunan Jr.’s lawyer, Lorna Kapunan, who has filed a motion for her client’s continued detention at a military camp in Taguig City.

In her motion, a copy of which was obtained by the Philippine Daily Inquirer,

Lorna Kapunan said that “only the [Philippine Army headquarters]” could meet the leader of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement’s medical and security requirements.

She added that her client was also “amenable” to being detained at the National Bureau of Investigation should the court be lukewarm to the idea of him staying in a military facility.

Judge Ma. Consejo-Gengos Ignalaga of the Antipolo Regional Trial Court Branch 98 is expected to issue a resolution on the matter on Monday.

“Anywhere will be fine. We just don’t want his health to deteriorate,” Elsa Kapunan told the Inquirer over the phone.

Her husband, one of 13 accused of murdering labor leader Rolando Olalia and his driver Leonor Alay-ay in 1986, suffers from hypertension and edema, among other ailments.