THE families of seven Filipino seamen currently detained in Libya for alleged attempted oil smuggling appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to have them transferred to “a more secured detention facility” because “we fear for their lives.”

Crystal Allera, wife of Second Officer Claro Allera, in a press conference on Tuesday, led relatives in appealing to the President, as they pointed to the ongoing civil strife and asked him to form a special task force that would focus on the prisoners who have been languishing in jail for the past 17 months.