SA ginanap na documentary film ng ex-Davao police Colonel Hansel Marantan, marami pala siyang pinagdaanan noong aktibo pa siya sa serbisyo.
Marami rin daw ang nambu-bully sa kanya na hindi niya mawari kung bakit dahil siya raw ay nagtatrabaho lamang.
Aniya, “Feeling ko na nilalait ako” lalo na nang gawin niya ang documentary film ng kanyang buhay.
Aniya, ‘It’s not a good feeling.”
Natanong si Col. Marantan sa media conference ng documentary film niyang “Sa Likod ng Tsapa.”
Naging controversial figure siya nung 2013 dahil sa Atimonan shooting incident na siyang sentro ng documentary film that seeks to tell his side of the story—one long buried under headlines and public opinion.
“May anim na controversial na incidents doon: like the Valle Verde, the Parañaque shootout… and a series of bank robberies dito sa Metro Manila that time. Nailabas ako doon, kasi medyo marami yung body counts doon, about 17, about 27 body count, equipped with assault rifles, high-power firearms, supposed to be owned by the law enforcers or the security forces, but now it’s being used by the perpetrators, ng Kuratong Baleleng,” ani ng Colonel.
“I think you know that, you can relate with that. So, and there we stopped.
“I was asked by the Palace na to come up with the case operation. Nasa YouTube pa rin yung… Teves, Quiboloy, yung I was put to incarceration.”
Pag-emphasize pa niya, “Marami pang hindi nailagay, kasi I belong to a task force.
Kapag task force naman, you’re not there to apprehend snatchers. You are there to apprehend big catch. Kaya nagtataka sila bakit si Marantan laging involved sa armed encounter. I belong to a task force. So ang target namin ay big fish, and they are armed.
“So, naturally, larger percentage, there will be armed encounter.”
Paano ba niya hinaharap ang criticism?
“Well, there’s redemption already,” wika niya. “Kasi the courts have spoken: na-exonerate na po kami lahat.
“We followed the process of the judicial system. Sabi ko nga, we swallowed the pill [however] bitter it was… Kaya nga napakulong kami e!”
“5 years of incarceration. What more do they want?… The exonerations from the regional trial courts speak for itself.
Nakuha raw niya ang redemption 20 years after.”
Sa loob ng kulungan, ibinida ni Col. Marantan na nakasama niya ang ibang mga pulitiko tulad nina Senators Bong Revilla at Jinggoy Estrada.
Bakit ba siya napapayag na gawing documentary film ang kanyang pagiging sundalo.
Ayon kay Editha Caduaya na isang legit na journalist at siyang nag-pursue na ilabas ang docu film ni Col. Marantan, “It was a fight, and nakita ko while I was digging up dirt, [gaya ng] term ni Atty. Topacio. While I was digging up his dirt, nakita ko na ako as dating part ng state fighters, kita ko, ba’t kami sumisigaw ng injustice e, parang meron pala dito sa loob ng isang organisasyon, marami palang na-injure.”
“Ito pala yung puno’t dulo ng injustice, hindi lang sa mainstream, di ba? Nakikita n’yo yung mga tao, sumisigaw ng injustice, di ba? Pero sila pala, merong organizational injustice. Saka ang pinakamahirap sa mga pulis—hindi ko siya kinakampihan, ha?—nakita ko na pag sumabit si pulis, walang umaangkin. Pag victorious [naman] ang operation, ang daming claimant.”
“So yon yung nakita ko sa story, na parang, I need to put life to this, kasi hindi lang sila. Ang dami-dami pala.
“So, yon yung realization na (That was the realization:) ‘I must put flesh to these guys, regardless of their names, because the story is worth the telling.’”
Kasama rin sa documentary film ang pagkakahuli kay Quiboloy at Teves.
Unbothered about his public image, Marantan’s fame skyrocketed after he stood up to Apollo Quiboloy, causing the controversial pastor’s victims to come forward.
In 2023, while serving as chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), he also issued search warrants on fugitive Rep. Arnulfo Teves’ home and land, resulting in the arrest of six suspects and the filing of murder charges against them, including Teves, the suspected mastermind of the Degamo killing.
Ang documentary film ni Marantan ay mapapanood sa August 13, written and directed by ex-journalist Editha Caduaya, with the entire production put together by Davao-based filmmakers. (UnliNews Online)
