4/15/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly the Chief Engineer, Leo Odio, seafarers Richard Lamug, Deneb Jake Alcantara and Dennis Tinaja. These persons attested that Manuel did not sound calm or stable at all, but that he was fearful that somebody was going to kill him. The seamen continued that Manuel's room remained locked, so that none of them could enter the same. On 8 October 2013, Manuel was offered food which he declined, after which he refused to talk to anyone. His companions knocked but received no reply; later in the day, following Manuel's continuous silence, the crew forced their way in the hospital room but found it unlocked. As to Manuel's demise, We can infer from the statements of Rolando Leonardo, the Chief Officer, and the Chief Engineer the grim circumstances thereof. These officers corroborate each other’s statements that having discovered that Manuel was no longer in the room, they found the hospital restroom locked; with their co-workers, they then peered into a ventilation whereupon Engineer Ohio beheld Manuel "standing motionless with a small nylon rope tied on his neck and hanging to the Hat's hooks." Leonardo's words paint a starker picture, as he was able to describe that "Manuel's tongue is already outside of his mouth about 1 cm and his hands almost violet." The crew members then forced the door open and took Manuel's body down. These employees’ statements Investigative Report immediately managed to dock on October 18, correspondence with the Medical taking down Manuel’s body. are corroborated by the meticulous conducted by two lawyers when the ship 2013, by the Log Book Entries and email Office, and the photographs of the crew Lingering doubts are then dispelled by the final Post Mortem Report dated 7 December 2013, executed by one Dr. Rohan Ruwanpura, a Judicial Medical Officer in Sri Lanka, x x x. The Report concluded that Manuel died from asphyxia due to hanging and informed that there were no injuries present upon Manuel's body. Significantly, all these - that Manuel had isolated himself, that no one else entered the rooms wherein he had concealed his person, that he had no other injuries, and that he was later found hanging – make foul play or any other conclusion implausible.[100] However, according to the petitioner, the documentary submissions of the respondents cannot be believed for they lacked probative value since they are mere photocopies. She also alludes to a certain police investigation report of the harbor authorities in Galle, Sri Lanka that proves the circumstances of the death of Manuel but which she claims respondents suppressed. Thus, for the petitioner, the CA erred when it sets aside the ruling of the Panel which found that no adequate evidence exists to prove that Manuel committed suicide. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66237 22/37