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Convicted rapists sent back to jail
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Posted on Feb 11 2000
The Superior Court Presiding Judge Edward Manibusan has remanded in the custody of the Division of Corrections Jose O. Rabauliman and Hadley F. Renguul who have been convicted of kidnapping and raping two Chinese women almost two years ago.
Judge Manibusan issued the order after he heard the motion of the prosecution seeking the immediate return to prison of the two convicts pending the scheduled sentencing on March 20, 2000.
A six-man jury has ruled that the two men acted in concert with one another in raping and kidnapping Wang-Quin Li and Hong- Jin Wang.
Ms. Li and Ms. Wang, who used to work at Caesar’s Sauna in Garapan, were heading toward their barracks after having breakfast at J’s Restaurant when four men grabbed them in front of the Horiguchi building and brought them to Suicide Cliff in the early morning of March 28, 1998.
In her testimony, Ms. Li positively identified Mr. Rabauliman as the one who abducted her and forced her to have oral sex as two men held her.
Two other men — Sheldon Yano and Jake Ito – were involved in the kidnap-rape case. Mr. Yano is now detained in a correction facility in the U.S. mainland for his involvement in a prison takeover last year. On the other hand, Mr. Ito was immediately sent to prison after he testified against his companions as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution.
The incident was discovered by a Korean national who went to Suicide Cliff for a walk along with a male companion. While heading in that direction, he reportedly saw a man on top of a woman who was struggling to free herself.
The witness called up the Department of Public Safety using the Grotto Emergency Assistance telephone. When police officers went to the scene, they saw the victims running, one of whom was half-naked. (FR)
