2 men get 30 yrs. for kidnap-rape

Superior Court Presiding Judge Edward Manibusan yesterday sentenced Jose O. Rabauliman, 23, and Hadley F. Renguul, 23, to 30 years imprisonment each for the kidnapping and rape of two Chinese nonresident workers in the early morning of March 28, 1998.

Judge Manibusan said there was no doubt at all that the two committed one of the most serious crimes in the Commonwealth when they kidnapped, raped, tortured, and terrorized Wang-Quin Li and Hong- Jin Wang.

“One can only see that only animals can do these things — those without human intelligence. The act of kidnapping someone from the streets of this small community is akin to an act by terrorist,” he said.

The two men will serve the following sentence consecutively for the crimes they have been earlier convicted of: rape, five years; oral copulation, five years; and kidnapping, 10 years each for the two women.

“What happened to the two young men in the early morning hours of March 28, 1998? What made them act that way they did? Peer pressure, boredom or sense of adventure? Whatever it was, there was distinctly no excuse for such act,” Judge Manibusan said.
Although both men were educated, they lost their jobs because of absenteeism and did not do anything but to hang out with friends.

Ms. Li and Ms. Wang were on their way back to their staff house after eating at J’s Restaurant when the they were grabbed by four men on board a van in front of Horiguchi Building. The two women used to work as masseuse in Caesar’s Sauna.

The victims were brought to Suicide Cliff Look-Out Post in Marpi where the men took turns in raping them. The two women said they screamed for help and fought back, they begged and pleaded to let them go but the men did not listen.

Luckily, Korean national Agustine Chong saw the incident while walking toward Suicide Cliff and called 911. The police immediately responded and rescued the women from more serious harm.

Before he issued the sentence, Judge Manibusan said he is giving both Mr. Rabauliman and Mr. Renguul enough time to reflect and decide what to do with their lives. “You can go to school and get a degree so that when you come out of prison, you will be wholesome members of this community. But it will be sometime in the future. It will be up to you to make that choice,” he said.

The two other men , Sheldon Yano and Jake Ito, were also involved in the kidnap-rape case.

Mr. Yano is serving a 10-year sentence in a federal prison with no possibility of parole for participating in a prison riot at the corrections facility last year. The charges against him for the kidnap-rape was dropped on the condition that he will testify against his friends Mr. Rabauliman and Mr. Renguul.

However, the Attorney General’s Office will ask the court to give Mr. Yano additional time in prison when he gets out of federal facility since he refused to testify against Mr. Rabauliman and Mr. Renguul.

On the other hand, Mr. Ito is now serving a 10-year imprisonment after he entered into a plea agreement with the prosecution and testified against Mr. Rabauliman and Mr. Renguul.