THE Armed Forces is reportedly bringing back today to Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal the military officers who are currently being held at the Intelligence Service of the AFP (Isafp) jail pending the outcome of their court martial for their alleged attempt to overthrow the Arroyo government in February 2006.

Maria Querubin, wife of one of the accused Marine Col. Ariel Querubin, said Col. Arnulfo Marcos, chief of the AFP Custodial Center, told the officers the news on Monday night. "(The) AFP plans to bring the Isafp detainees back to Tanay by fours. (The) Tanay boys (are) ready to go back home," Mrs. Querubin told reporters. Camp Capinpin is the home of the Army's 2nd Infantry Division.

AFP public information office chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said he is not aware of any transfer order and he has not talked with Col. Marcos. "As of now, I have yet to receive any information that they will be transferred. However, we would like to stress that it is within the authority of the custodians to transfer these detainees to any custodial facility of the AFP."

The officers were moved from Camp Capinpin to the Isafp jail last February ostensibly to facilitate the conduct of the trial against the 28 officers who are charged with violations of the Articles of War, including mutiny. Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said the transfer was also to make it easier to rush anyone who gets seriously sick to the AFP Medical Center in Quezon City.

"Esperon's reason why they were brought down was medical. It just a ploy so AFP can build individual cells (in Tanay)," Mrs. Querubin claimed. "Now Tanay cells are worse than in Isafp. No windows Just a toilet, a bed, then bars. No space for even a table."

The AFP has also been improving the Isafp jail while the accused officers were there.

Mrs. Querubin said the renovations at Isafp are still ongoing and the AFP is spending millions for fences, quarters for guards, and basketball courts.

It was not immediately clear if former First Scout Ranger chief Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and Army Capt. Dante Langkit will also be transferred to Tanay. Lim has been detained at Camp Crame since November 2007 for his involvement in the standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City last November. Langkit has been held at the Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio since the failed overthrow attempt.