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Updated: 3:32 PM, December 10, 2007
12/10/2007 | 03:30 PM

Hajarun Jamiri, former mayor of Tuburan, Basilan, and a suspect in the November 13 blast at the Batasang Pambansa, recanted his statement on Monday linking Anak Mindanao Rep. Mujiv Hataman, his brother Jim, and former Rep. Gerry Salapuddin in the explosion.

Jamiri told reporters during a press conference Monday morning that he was tortured and forced to sign an affidavit implicating the Hatamans and Salapuddin.

He formally recanted his statement at the Justice department Monday afternoon.

Police arrested Jamiri last November 20 in San Andres, Manila, for illegal gun possession. A .45-caliber pistol was recovered from Jamiri.

Police reportedly recovered an improvised explosive device, supposedly intended for Akbar, in Jamiri's apartment in Manila.

Jamiri, a suspect in the Batasan explosion, earlier submitted an affidavit that pointed at the Hatamans and Salapuddin to a plot to assassinate Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar, who was one of the five fatalities in the November 13 blast.

Ex-Basilan mayor recants on affidavit vs Hataman 

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 01:08pm (Mla time)
12/10/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Former Basilan town mayor Hajarun Jamiri is recanting on his affidavit in which he had implicated former congressman Mujiv Hataman in the bombing at the House of Representatives last November.

In a press conference Monday, Jamiri of Tuburan said he was tortured and forced to sign an affidavit implicating Hataman in the incident that killed Basilan Representative Wahab Akbar and four others.

Jamiri said his affidavit of recantation would be submitted at the Department of Justice later in the day.