Flag designer says he got job orders from Magdalo group

The designer of the flag used by the Magdalo soldiers during the short-lived Oakwood mutiny in 2003 testified before a lower court that the flags were ordered and paid a month before the uprising took place. Prosecution witness Glenn Mabag of of International Flag House told the Makati regional trial court-Branch 148 that a certain Navy Ensign Arman Fuentejos went to their shop at Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila on June 4, 2003. He said the Fuentejos ordered 700 pieces of two kinds of flags. The job orders were for replicas of the Philippine flag, including the banner of the faction of Andres Bonifacio in the Katipunan. Mabag said their shop was paid P80,000 for the flags. He said he was not told where the flags will be used. He was surprised when he saw the flags being used by the Magdalo soldiers. State prosecutor Richard Fadullon said Mabag's testimony strengthened the government's coup d' etat case against the Magdalo soldiers. He said the testimony proved that the Oakwood mutiny was planned and funded, contrary to the claim of the defense panel that the uprising was spontaneous. The prosecution panel previously presented three witnesses linking former Senator Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan to the Oakwood mutiny. Navy Lieutenant (s.g.) Norlito Martinez, Army Capt. Manuel Darius Resuelo and Marine Captain Pedrito Dulanas told the court, said during their separate testimonies that they saw Honasan preside over meetings attended by Magdalo soldiers.-GMANews.TV