After pleading guilty , Akbayan representative Walden Bello urged Speaker of the House of Representatives Feliciano Belmonte , Jr. to initiate expulsion proceedings against Singson . Majority floor leader Neptali Gonzales II maintained the House of Representatives ' stand was to let the trial finish . On January 2011 , Stanley Chan , the judge presiding Singson 's trial stood down after receiving a letter with " prejudicial allegations " against Singson . His father Chavit remarked after the hearing that his son was " set up . " Chavit later said that his son may be used as an example by the Chinese who are still angry on the Manila hostage crisis that led to the deaths of several Hong Kong residents in a bloody rescue attempt by the Manila Police District . Singson considered resigning from his House seat but urged other representatives to let the trial finish before judging him
Manila hostage crisis
Manila hostage crisis
Ronald Singson