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MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said a Filipina allegedly raped by an American serviceman has filed a case with US military authorities in Okinawa, Japan.
ﾒWe just learned this morning that the documents for the case are now filed with US military authorities in Okinawa and we are just waiting for the decision of the military authorities whether they will entertain it or not,ﾓ DFA Office of Migrant Workers Affair Executive Director Crescente Relacion told a press conference.
He said the DFA instructed the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to seek a reinvestigation of the case in the Prosecutorﾕs Office following its dismissal last May 15 for lack of evidence.
ﾒWe are closely monitoring the case. The decision of the prosecutor is a different issue but we are committed to give assistance to the victim,ﾓ Relacion said.
The victim, who is in the protective custody of the Archbishop of Naha and the Philippine Consulate General in Okinawa, said she was raped in a hotel. The brutal incident left her with severe injuries.
A US marine was convicted by a lower court in Makati in 2006 for raping a Filipina at the former US military base in Subic Bay. DMS
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