Michael Siaron
“Simpleng tao lang ang asawa ko, napakasimple lang ang pamumuhay namin sa araw araw, basta makakain lang kami ng tatlong beses isang araw, OK na po ’yon. Lagi niyang sinasabi sa akin, 'Kailangan makuntento ka kung ano meron ka, kasi hindi tayo mayaman, wala tayong pera, wala akong trabahong maganda.'
- Sex: Male
- Age: 29
- Marital Status: Married
- Number of Children: 1
- Occupation: Pedicab driver
Incident Details
- Killed by unknown assailants in public
- Date of Incident: July 23, 2016
- Time of Incident: 12:30 am
- Location of Incident: Pasay City, Metro Manila
Source(s)
- http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/234097/the-death-of-an-invisible-man/
- http://opinion.inquirer.net/96101/the-story-behind-the-viral-photo
It isn’t sympathy or pity that she wants, says Jennilyn Olayres. It’s not even justice.
“Alam ko na hindi ko makukuha ang hustisya para sa asawa ko (I know that I can never have justice for him),” she adds. “Malinis lang ang pangalan ng asawa ko, malaking bagay na para sa akin. (Just to clear my husband’s name, that’s already a big thing for me).”
“Ni minsan, hindi siya nang-agrabyado ng tao. Hindi siya nanggugulo, hindi siya nagnanakaw, hindi siya gumagawa ng masama. (Not even once did he abuse people. He didn’t make trouble, he didn’t steal, he didn’t do anything wrong).”
People who are quick to judge, who readily believe the words “Drug Pusher” scrawled on a piece of cardboard, can’t know who her husband really was.
“Kailangan ho ba paniwalaan kaagad ang nasa karton, na kahit bata kayang isulat (Must we believe instantly what’s written on the cardboard, that even a kid could write)?” she asks. “Sana tinitingnan muna nila ang background ng tao. Hindi ’yung sa panglabas lang. (They should have looked first into the person’s background. Not only his outward appearance).”
They had been together for three years—“three years and one month noong Lunes,” she says.
She describes someone who is far from the drug-crazed maniac that his killers wanted the world to believe.
“Joker, mapagbiro sa tao, masayahin—ayaw niya ng gulo,” she says.
Sometimes he would take a broom, pretend it was a microphone and sing to make her laugh.
“Simpleng tao lang ang asawa ko, napakasimple lang ang pamumuhay namin sa araw araw, basta makakain lang kami ng tatlong beses isang araw, OK na po ’yon. Lagi niyang sinasabi sa akin, ‘Kailangan makuntento ka kung ano meron ka, kasi hindi tayo mayaman, wala tayong pera, wala akong trabahong maganda.’