In 1997, news of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong’s disappearance in Cebu City sent shockwaves across the Philippines, but public sentiment against the suspects, dubbed the Chiong 7, had since wavered due to the unfair trial they received as well as the many other controversies around the case.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CaXX-L4vs1J/
Episode researched and co-written by Kayla De Leon
References:
- Michael Collins, Give Up Tomorrow (2011), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UHQqM8f50Y
- http://archive.pov.org/giveuptomorrow/photo-gallery-in-context/
- https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/185069/see-film-know-truth-chiong
- https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/68277/paco-now-works-as-a-chef-in-spain
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/46750
- https://interaksyon.philstar.com/breaking-news/2018/07/18/130656/jacqueline-comes-home-creating-buzz/
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1012661/lies-still-hound-chiongs
- https://philnews.ph/2018/07/19/chiong-sisters-marijoy-jacqueline-alive/
- https://philnews.ph/2018/07/21/jacqueline-chiong-wedding-peter-lim/?fbclid=IwAR0YNoDmank3zKYp0dw6NOKADRZLOr8PxK_ZWSK-wLydT690x7l0tJbXF6I
- https://www.amnesty.org.ph/2005/10/amnesty-pleads-gma-not-to-execute-larranaga/
- https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/twenty-years-later-the-chiong-sisters-murder-is-still-shrouded-in-mystery-a1729-20180717-lfrm4
- https://www.rappler.com/nation/duterte-peter-lim-visayas-drugs
- https://www.rappler.com/nation/lacson-says-convicts-chiong-sisters-murder-now-out-of-bilibid
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photo above via headtopics.com
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