Coast Guard Cmdr Arnold dela Cruz, SN2 Nicky Aurelio, SN1 Edrando Aguila, SN1 Mhelvyn Bendo II, SN1 Andy Gibb Golfo, SN1 Sonny Masangkay, SN1 Henry Solomon and PO2 Richard Corpuz filed a two-page joint notice of appeal before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 15 on Thursday.
On Sept. 18, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 15 Judge Eduardo Ramon Reyes found the eight PCG personnel “guilty beyond reasonable doubt” of homicide over the fatal shooting of Hong Shih-Cheng, a Taiwanese fisherman, after a sea chase off the coast of Batanes and Babuyan Islands. They were sentenced to a minimum of eight years and one day imprisonment to a maximum of 14 years, eight months, and one day in prison.
The court had also ordered each of the convicted PCG personnel to pay the heirs of the slain fisherman P50,000 in civil indemnity and P50,000 in moral damages. The incident prompted the Taiwanese government to stop the issuance of visas to Filipino workers seeking jobs in Taiwan. However, it was lifted after a Philippine government official traveled to Taiwan to send an official letter of apology and the NBI recommended the filing of charges against the accused.
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