The family of slain mistaken identity victim Jemboy Baltazar is seeking help after a Navotas Regional Trial Court (RTC) imposed lighter penalties on the six involved policemen.
Interviewed during Dos Por Dos on Wednesday, Liza Tolentino, grandmother of Jemboy, said they do not agree with the court's ruling and have requested that her grandson's case be reopened.
"Kaya humihingi ako ng tulong sa inyo para maipagpatuloy ang kaso ng aking apo. April pa dapat matatapos, kaya lang nagulat ako kasi natapos na. Kinausap ko ang anak ko. Hihingi kami ng tulong ulit para [mabuksan] ulit ang kaso ng apo ko. Pumunta ang anak ko sa DOJ [Department of Justice]," Tolentino said.
Tolentino said they are also seeking protection from threats against their lives.
"Malayo kami sa isa't isa kasi natakot ang mga anak ko baka maano sila ng mga pulis. May sakit ang asawa ko, hindi nakakalakad kaya nandito lang sa bahay. Kaya inuwi ko ulit sa Navotas," she said.
The grandmother said their family has no power to fight the case due to their financial incapacity.
"Nagulat ako kung bakit ganoon ang pasya ng Navotas. Palibhasa lang yata kasi mahirap kami kaya walang tutulong sa amin dahil wala kaming pera para mag-ano sa apo ko. Humihingi kami ulit ng tulong," Tolentino stressed.
Rodaliza Baltazar, the mother of Jemboy, likewise expressed her disappointment with the Navotas RTC Branch 286's judgment on Tuesday.
Rodaliza remarked that the imposed penalties were not enough to justify the death of her son.
"Masakit po yung loob ko. Parang wala lang nangyare sa anak ko, parang hindi siya napatay. Isa lang po yung na-convict, si Maliban pero apat na taon lang po. Makakalaya po sila ano ba yung buhay ng anak ko, parang aso lang. Ilang taon lang nilang paghihirapan parang wala silang ginawa," she emotionally said.
The court found Staff Sergeant Gerry Sabate Maliban guilty of homicide. Four other police were found guilty of illegal discharge of firearms, while one was acquitted as it was said that he had no actual participation in the crime.
