Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Joma In Dutch Jail



Self-exiled communist leader Jose Maria "Joma" Sison will remain in prison in the Netherlands for two more weeks in connection with the murders in the Philippines of his former associates Kintanar and Tabara.
Sison founded the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968.
He was arrested by former dictator Marcos and released in 1986 by the government of Cory Aquino. He fled to the Netherlands in 1987.
Top photo in Manila just after his release in 1986.
Lower photo in Utrecht, Netherlands, 2004.

© Kees Metselaar

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