Atty. Martin:
Q After nine and ten o'clock in the morning of August 18, after you were brought back to the cell was there anything else that happened?
A No more.
Q The whole day, the rest of the day on August 18 nothing happened?
A At about seven o'clock in the evening I was brought out of my cell by Chief Dimaranan.
Q Was it the same day August 18 in the evening when you were brought by Chief Dimaranan?
A Yes, Sir.
Q Where were you brought?
A In his office.
Q And what happened in his office?
A He was requesting us to sign that paper, they told me to sign.
Q Was that paper which Chief Dimaranan requested you to sign the same paper that you were being forced to sign by Oscar?
Atty. Aguinaldo:
No basis.
COURT:
Sustained,
Atty. Martin:
Q What did you say to the request of Chief Dimaranan?
A I told him that I would sign the document but they should give me first a copy so that I could have it read by my lawyer.
Q Was there anybody else present in the room when Capt. Dimaranan made the request on you to sign the document?
A Yes, Sir.
Q Do you know who were those other persons?
A I recognized Jerson Samson.
Q Are you referring to the Jerson Samson the Minister of the Iglesia ni Kristo who testified against you in Court?
A Yes, sir.
Q were there other persons besides Chief Dimaranan and Jerson Samson who were present?
A Only the two of them.
Q And did Chief Dimaranan give you a copy of the document he was requesting you to sign?
A No, sir.
Q What happened after he did not give you a copy of the document?
A They told me that I sign it first before they will give me a copy.
Q Who said that?
A Chief Dimaranan.
Q Did you then sign after he told you that you should sign first the document before they give you a copy?
A On that very moment I did not sign.
Q So what did Chief Dimaranan do after you did not sign?
A They were forcing me to sign and they were making promises to me.
Q What were those promises made?
A They are going to release me if I sign the document.
Q Who made you that specific promise to have you released ifyou sign the document?
A The two.
Q Referring to Chief Dimaranan and Minister Jerson Samson?
A Yes, sir.
Q Did you read the document that you signed before signing it?
A No, sir, because I could not read.
(9 to 10, ibid).
Likewise, appellant testified on how he was forced to give his extra-judicial confession on September 10, 1982 as follows:
Q What happened when Lt. Tabayag asked you whether you killed a Minister of the Iglesia ni Kristo I have nothing to do with it?
A He brought me to the comfort room.
Q What did he do in the comfort room?
A He was forcing me to admit.
Q What was he forcing you to admit?
A About the death of the Minister of the Iglesia ni Kristo.
Q How many times did he ask you to admit the killing of the Iglesia ni Kristo Minister?
A Three times.
Q Did you admit to him that you killed the Minister?
A No, sir.
Q What happened after denying or refusing his request that you admit the killing of the Iglesia ni Kristo Minister?
A He boxed me twice on the side.
Q Did you admit what he was asking you to admit after he struck you twice?
A No, sir.
Q So what happened after you adamantly refused what he was forcing you?
A He brought me back to his room.
Q What time was it when he brought you back to his room?
A More or less one o'clock in the afternoon.
Q That was what day ?
A More or less Monday.
Q What happened? What did he tell you at one o'clock the following Monday after be brought you back to his room and he could not force you to admit?
A He was handing me a piece of paper he wanted me to sign.
Atty. Martin:
Q Did you finally sign what he was asking you to sign after he promised to help you by having you detained in Camp Crame?
A Because of his insistence that I sign the paper, and his promise to have me detained in Camp Crame I finally signed the document (pp. 11 to 13, tsn., June 11, 1985; Exh. 'J'). (pp. 454-457, Rollo)
