Trillanes accuses fellow senators of being hard on Matobato

QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused his colleagues at the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights of allegedly taking advantage of the language barrier to discredit Edgar Matobato during the latter’s testimony in the Senate committee’s hearing on extra-judicial killings.

Trillanes claimed that although there were inconsistencies in Matobato’s testimony, the witness was still consistent with his story on the extrajudicial killings.