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Phillipines Piracy Charges

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The five, who were reportedly heavily armed, were allegedly overpowered and nabbed by the crew of F/B Cadiz City, owned by businessman Steven Be, when they boarded their vessel in the waters off the coast of Isla Higantes in Iloilo.

Briones, on the other hand, claimed the five were volunteers of the Masbate Bantay Dagat and had boarded the vessel in waters near Gin-awayan Island in Masbate and not Isla Higantes in Iloilo.

He claimed Be, boat captain Sergio Escala Sr., Joseph Ariel Resquites and 35 crew members were responsible for the abduction, murder and attempted murder of Bantay Dagat volunteers of Masbate.

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