THE lawyer of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes
IV, Reynaldo Robles, has the tag "liar" on the popular online
encyclopedia Wikipedia.
The tag was made by a "Ladvan" who edited the
article about Trillanes on December 10.
"On October 10, 2007, Antonio Trillanes IV
filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the Philippines,
asking for permission to attend Senate sessions. His liar lawyer
was Reynaldo Robles," the Ladvan-edited paragraph under the
subheading Genuine Opposition (GO) in the article read.
Robles said: "I will look at it. Pag wala sa
lugar, puede ko idemanda. I will take legal action," he said.
A search on Ladvan’s identity on the
Wikipedia site did not provide any information.
In the article’s page history, Ladvan
originally labeled Robles a "liar pig lawyer." Its date of entry
was 6:56 p.m. of December 10, or 11 days after the Manila
Peninsula standoff led by Trillanes.
Wikipedia editors have removed the tag "pig"
but have apparently overlooked "liar" which was still in the
article as of yesterday.
Ladvan also altered the account on the
November 29 standoff. On that day, Trillanes and other leaders
of the Magdalo group that staged the 2003 Oakwood mutiny walked
out of a court hearing their coup d’état case and marched to the
Peninsula where they holed out for about six hours before
surrendering.
In his account of the Peninsula incident,
Ladvan said Trillanes "walked out of his own trial because he
had a diarrhea and needed to use the bathroom and again staged a
siege at another hotel in Makati City, calling for President
Arroyo’s ouster and he needs his Senate budget thats (sic) why
he took over Manila Peninsula."
In his entries, Ladvan also called former UP
president Francisco Nemenzo Jr. a "liar" and former vice
president Teofisto Guingona as "bangkay" (corpse).
Nemenzo and Guingona were among civilians who
were holed out with Trillanes’ group at the hotel.
Ladvan also edited Trillanes’ profile on
December 15, changing the entries "Occupation: Soldier" and
"Profession: Military" to "mananayaw (dancer) sa gay bar" for
both occupation and profession.
He also changed "Genuine Opposition" to "Gagong
Opposition."
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it said. – Ashzel Hachero
