The World - News from May 26, 1985

A Philippine court ordered Rebecca Quijano, the only witness to testify that she saw the murder of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., to undergo cross-examination. However, her lawyer, Jose Guerrero, said he is uncertain whether she will appear. “She has been hiding, moving from place to place in fear for her life,” the attorney said. Quijano has said she saw a soldier hold a gun to Aquino’s head at Manila airport the day he returned from U.S. exile in August, 1983, and then heard gunshots as Aquino descended an aircraft stairway. A Philippine armed forces chief of staff and 25 others are on trial in the slaying.