Word: senga
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...plot fizzled when Lim tried to enlist the support of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Generosa Senga, who instead took Lim into custody. On Friday Arroyo declared a state of emergency. Neither Saycon nor anyone else at the meeting was immediately arrested...
...General Lim, however, was detained by the army early on Friday morning, and the plan appears to have been aborted for the moment. (Several papers reported on Saturday that Lim had contacted armed-forces Chief of Staff General Generoso Senga on Thursday night to ask that he withdraw support from Arroyo. Senga refused, and took Lim into custody.) Cojuangco spoke to TIME on Saturday and characterized the meeting at his home as a "briefing on the current crisis," rather than an active plot against the government. As of Sunday morning, none of those present at the meeting had been detained...
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