Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre
Boracay Island- The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation are still awaiting recommendations from the Philippine National Police on what to do on German suspect Uwe Friesl after reports indicates that the charges filed against him were dismissed by the German court.
Intelligence sources from the immigration department who refused to be identified said that the BID central office have also not yet recieved informations from the German government although local media reported that Friesl's lawyer announced the dismissal of the charges of the prosecution in Deggendorf, Bavaria Germany.
"It is a criminal case and the PNP have yet to make a formal recommendations whether we will still put Friesl in the blacklist order or he can return to the Philippines anytime without being held accountable for any crimes or offenses," the sorurce said.
The news reports qouting Friesl's lawyer Jaime Maria Flores II said that Deggendorf Public Prosecutor Alfons Obbermier had dismissed the charges against Friesl citing incomplete evidence presented by the PNP to directly link Friesl in the crime.
Friesl was charged of four counts of murder for the killing of his fellow German Anton Forstenhausler, Swiss-born vineyard owner and art collector Manfred Schoeni, Hong-kong based architect John James Cowperthwaite and Filipina maid Erma Sarmiento.
Under the German laws, a German national could be extradite anywhere in the world as soon as German investigators have found probable cause to be suspected for the killing.
Friesl freed in the country in 2006 through back-door reportedly using a yacht owned by a German businessman to escape the charges filed against him in the Aklan court.
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