Reina Mae Nasino also inside Manila North Cemetery
LOOK: Reina Mae and baby River
Situation now inside the Manila North Cemetery from where I'm standing: Reina Mae Nasino, mother Marites Asis pay last respects to baby River. Karapatan says Nasino's lawyers begged BJMP officers to remove Nasino's handcuffs. They refused.
From ABS-CBN News cameraman Noel Medina: Reina Mae Nasino still in handcuffs as she weeps in front of baby River
Funeral rites for baby River has just finished. Mourners raised clenched fists calling for justice for baby River and for Reina Mae Nasino’s release. Reina Mae sobs as she looks at baby River before she is laid to rest.
Mourners for baby River now singing Bayan Ko
Still in handcuffs, Reina Mae Nasino could only extend her index fingers to touch the casket of baby River. It’s a struggle for Reina Mae, wearing a full PPE suit in the middle of the afternoon heat, to wipe her tears or even drink water.
WATCH: Reina Mae Nasino’s last message for her daughter River. 📹 Atty Sol Taule
A grieving grandmother, Marites Asis, weeps from a distance, encouraging her daugher Reina Mae to fight on.
At an impromptu program at the Manila North Cemetery, KAPATID spox Fides Lim and KARAPATAN’s Cristina Palabay slams inaction of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and the courts in giving Reina Mae Nasino and her daughter a remedy.
NUPL’s Kathy Panguban, Sol Taule, KARAPATAN’s Kenneth dela Paz criticize BJMP officers for harsh treatment of baby River’s funeral. Car carrying baby River’s casket sped away, leaving family behind. They also ask, why the high-powered firearms, the number of personnel?
Marites Asis rails against BJMP officers over treatment of daughter Reina Mae, who remains handcuffed. Says she wanted to spend private moment with Reina Mae but she couldn’t even hug her daughter. She never asked for assistance from BJMP/police, she said.
Reina Mae closes the casket.
Baby River’s casket now placed inside the tomb as Reina Mae looks on
Up to the last minute, BJMP personnel, not family members, flanked Reina Mae, prompting supporters and family members to complain.
LISTEN to Reina Mae’s message to baby River
Cemetery workers close baby River’s tomb as the heavens start to drizzle.
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