Philippine army colonel faces charges after anti-Marcos post goes viral amid coup concerns

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Source: scmp.com
Philippine army colonel faces charges after anti-Marcos post goes viral amid coup concerns
A Philippine army colonel relieved for his anti-Marcos stance has “voluntarily” returned to his unit and will face charges and psychiatric evaluation, according to his superior. Audie Mongao was on Friday discharged from command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Training Support Group after he publicly withdrew support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr in a social media post, saying “it’s too much, enough already”. Army spokesman Louie Dema-ala said Mongao was “put into attached/unassigned...