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Laude’s fiancé: ‘I promise you, Jennifer, I will come back’


Marc Sueselbeck, the German fiancé of slain transgender woman Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude, vowed to fight the blacklist order that would prevent him from returning to the Philippines.
 
"I promise you, Jennifer, that I would come back. I promise you I will never let you stand alone, even if that means standing alone in the cemetery... I promise you, I will try my best to be back," Sueselbeck said in an interview with reporters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 before his departure.
 
The German national left the country on Saturday after the Bureau of Immigration issued a deportation order.
 
He arrived at the airport two hours before his 4:45 p.m. flight to Germany. He was escorted by Bureau of Immigration officials to the airplane.
 
Earlier, Laude family and Suedelbeck's legal counsel, Atty. Virgie Suarez, said they are set to file a petition that will hopefully lift the blacklist order against the German national.
 
"We intend to file it three months after... Or at least when Marc finally informs us that he wants to go back to the Philippines," she said. "Marc would always want to see how's the trial is going on, therefore, he would always want to return to the Philippines."
 
'Learned my lesson'
 
While appealing to the government to have the blacklist order against him be lifted, Sueselbeck apologized anew for climbing a fence in a restricted area and pushing a Filipino soldier on duty, which the Armed Forces of the Philippines considers "disrespectful."
 
"I was aware of the political part of it, and I would like to apologize as someone who came from outside. I probably should not have taken part in that," he said.
 
"I have learned my lesson. I have my opinion, but I am not a citizen of the Philippines—so I should not criticize," he added.
 
He also apologized to Filipinos "who were offended" by his actions. "Anyone who felt disrespected, I want to say sorry to you all," he added.
 
However, he hopes that the Philippine government will show compassion and allow him to return to the country.
 
"I hope the price we have already paid is accepted, and so I beg—and even if you want, I will do it on my knees, even give up my personal integrity for that—I beg you, don't bar me from being here," he said.
 
"You know, you call yourselves Christians, you call yourself a democracy, respectful of human rights—just please don't tear me away from the grave of Jennifer, and don't tear me away from taking part in the trial," he added.
 
The BI on Sunday prevented the German from leaving country due to his pending deportation case.
 
However, on Thursday, the BI issued an order, saying Sueselbeck may finally leave the country, but is now barred from re-entering the Philippines.
 
The BI issued the order after the Board of Commissioners on Thursday morning granted in a meeting the German's request to be voluntarily deported.
 
This was after a complaint was filed against him following the incident where he scaled a fence in Camp Aguinaldo and pushed aside a Filipino guard in an attempt to confront US Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton.
 
Pemberton is facing a murder complaint in connection with the October 11 killing of Laude inside a motel in Olongapo City. — VC, GMA News
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