Mabini, Batangas Ballot-Snatching

Episode on January 14, 2010 Thursday night, after Saksi Teachers are said to be modern-day heroes during the election season. But in some cases, such momentous event could also have a tragic ending. It was dawn of May 9, 1995 when two men allegedly snatched the ballots from a group of election officers at Talaga Elementary School in Mabini, Batangas. In the middle of the commotion, Filomena Tatlonghari was shot by unidentified man. Ballot snatching and murder charges were filed against two suspects: Alexander Calangi and Leonardo Bantugon Jr. However, Calangi was acquitted for murder and suffered only one year in jail for ballot snatching. Bantugon Jr. on the other hand, remains at large and is allegedly out of the country. Join Arnold Clavio as he revisits the case of Filomena Tatlonghari on Case Unclosed this Thursday after Saksi.

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Tuwing eleksyon, bayani kung ituring ang mga guro. Pero nitong nakaraang halalan sa Mabini, Batangas, si teacher Filomena Tatlonghari, hindi na iginalang, ginawa pang biktima ng karahasan. Dalawang lalaki ang umano ay umagaw sa mga hawak niyang balota. Sa gitna ng kaguluhan, nabaril si Filomena na naging sanhi ng kaniyang kamatayan. Sinampahan ng kasong ballot snatching at murder sina Alexander Calangi at Leonardo Bantugon Jr. Isang taon lang na nakulong si Calangi dahil sa kasong ballot snatching, abswelto naman siya sa kasong pagpatay. Habang ang akusadong si Leonardo Bantugon Jr., hindi kailanman naiharap sa korte dahil dinaumano'y nasa ibang bansa na ito. Samahan si Arnold Clavio sa muling pagsisiyasat sa kaso sa Case Unclosed, Huwebes, pagkatapos ng Saksi.