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Marine suspect transferred to Philippine detention (Allegedly killed a ladyboy)
The Associated Press ^ | October 21, 2014 | Jim Gomez

Posted on 10/21/2014 9:31:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The U.S. military turned over a Marine suspect in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino to the Philippine military's main camp in the capital Wednesday, easing a looming irritant over his custody, officials said.

Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton had been detained on board the USS Peleliu at the Subic Bay Freeport, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Manila, after he was implicated in the death of 26-year-old Jennifer Laude, whose former name was Jeffrey....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: homosexuals; ladyboy; marines; murder; pemberton; philippines; sex; transgenders
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To: LadyDoc

How does a poor Filipino get the money for the operation(s?) to become a Filipina?


21 posted on 10/22/2014 12:55:11 AM PDT by Paul R. (Leftists desire to control everything; In the end they invariably control nothing worth a damn.)
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To: MrEdd

Correct, we were all warned about the benny boys and the district where they hung out. It was a two block area on Magsaysay Drive between 1st and Fendler Streets. Anyplace from the circle to the open market was “in bounds”, as was Rizal from the main gate to Magsaysay Dr.

All the warnings and a Navy Lt. STILL didn’t listen.


22 posted on 10/22/2014 3:16:31 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Paul R.

“How does a poor Filipino get the money for the operation(s?) to become a Filipina?”

Probably prostitution.


23 posted on 10/22/2014 4:18:52 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do a crime in a foreign country and you are subject to their law. NOT UCMJ!

In 1977 I was appointed as the USMC “observer” for a Marine who “rolled a drunk” in Okinawa. Observe was all we could do and the idiot knew that he was subject to Okinawan law. Naturally, he was drunk and thought “a little sport” would be a fun thing. Bad idea.


24 posted on 10/22/2014 5:29:52 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (Mother of Epidemics- "Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection" - G. Morgan, Freedom Foundation)
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To: Paul R.
How does a poor Filipino get the money for the operation(s?) to become a Filipina?"

$31.99

25 posted on 10/22/2014 5:38:40 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (Mother of Epidemics- "Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection" - G. Morgan, Freedom Foundation)
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To: Mark17

In the west usually the voice will give them away.

But in parts of Asia pimps (often a family member) can get ahold of prepubescent boys and push them into prostitution before their voices change. If they survive that sort of childhood it will be hard for them to get out of prostitution as adults.


26 posted on 10/22/2014 5:47:30 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: blueplum
I agree, not excusing the crime, at all, just surprised he’d not be under the Millitary Code/Levenworth type punishment.

The crime was committed on Philippine soil. Why shouldn't their courts try him?

27 posted on 10/22/2014 5:57:12 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: blueplum
I agree, not excusing the crime, at all, just surprised he’d not be under the Millitary Code/Levenworth type punishment.

I thought SOFA only covered official business. This is obviously anything but.

28 posted on 10/22/2014 5:59:50 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: DoodleDawg

I dunno. I’m thinking along general lines, I guess. If a crime is committed by an activeduty, do we turn them over to the Iraqis? or Somalis? or Liberians? or other locals wherever that troop happens to be deployed in the world? Clearly in this case the perp appears guilty as sin, and the PI has been a longtime ally, but is this setting a precident of any kind, or is it business as usual?


29 posted on 10/22/2014 1:13:25 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

When I was in, if you committed a crime overseas on liberty you got what the locals dished out. In places where that was unreasonable, liberty was simply never granted.

Problem solved. Liberty is not a right.


30 posted on 10/22/2014 2:26:57 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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