Sueselbeck deportation a ‘win-win’ situation–military

Marc Sueselbeck. AFP FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — The deportation of Marc Sueselbeck, the German fiance of slain transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude is a “win-win” situation for him and for the military, an official said on Friday.

“Tungkol kay Sueselbeck that is win-win situation, sa amin gusto naming makamit din yung aming gusto na madisiplina dahil sa kanyang ginawa,” Lieutenant Colonel Harold Cabunoc, Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office chief said.

(About Sueselbeck, that is a win-win situation. As far as we’re concerned, we also want to discipline him because of what he’s done.)

The military filed a complaint against the German fiance of Laude after climbing the fence more than a week ago, to get near Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, the US Marine suspected of killing Laude. He is being held at Camp Aguinaldo although under US custody.

“Napakatindi ng kanyang ginawa. Nananawagan sya, nag-apologize siya at nakiusap sya dahil mawalan sya ng trabaho dahil sa pagkahold sa kanya at naintindihan ng chief of staff ang kanyang sitwasyon at bilang pagbibigay rin ng humanitarian considerations ay hinayaan na lang syang hindi kakasuhan,” Cabunoc said.

(What he did was terrible. He appealed, he apologized and he made a request because he was going to lose his job after he was stopped from leaving and the chief of staff understood his situation. Out of humanitarian consideration, no case was filed against him.)

Last Sunday, Sueselbeck was prevented from leaving the country because of a deportation case against him stemming from the military complaint that was dropped last Wednesday.

And although the Bureau of Immigration issued a deportation order against Sueselbeck on Thursday, it has since been dropped after the German agreed to leave voluntarily.

As for Laude’s sister Marilou, who also climbed the fence with Sueselbeck in an attempt to get near Pemberton, Cabunoc said there was still no decision on whether charges would be filed.

The military said they were “strongly considering” filing a disbarment case against Laude legal counsel Harry Roque, who joined the victim’s family at Camp Aguinaldo last week.

They insisted that Roque used “deception” in order to get inside the military camp.

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