MANILA, Philippines — The renewed call of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to rewrite history textbooks is a “clear move at historical revisionism,” human rights lawyer and Liberal Party (LP) official Erin Tañada said Saturday. Tañada also cited data of the World Bank-UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR), where it found that the late dictator amassed an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth. The human rights lawyer then appealed: “We must all side with and fight for the truth. It has recovered P172.6 billion ($3.4 billion at current market rates) so far, according to the government agency tasked with tracking down the assets. However, she remains free on bail after filing an appeal with the Supreme Court.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 11, 2020 04:08 UTC