Ver has a right to come home

Tue, 29 Jul 1997 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Imelda Marcos said yesterday she was glad President Fidel Ramos has softened the government's stand on the return of her late husband's military chief, former general Fabian Ver.

Ver, who was known for his fierce loyalty to his boyhood friend Ferdinand Marcos, has been indicted for the 1983 assassination of Marcos' chief political rival Benigno Aquino on his return from self-exile in the United States.

Ver, who fled the country with the Marcoses, was excluded from the criminal trial because he was abroad, but 16 soldiers were sentenced to life terms for the Benigno Aquino killing.

Although the former general's whereabouts have not been divulged, some news reports said he has been seen in a southeast Asian country.

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