 After the Chinese government's building burning and confiscation of property, Tomas and Filemon Cloma agitated for the Government of the Philippines to support their claims to Freedomland .In 1972, Tomas Cloma was jailed by Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos for four months for "impersonating a military officer by being called an "admiral".In August 1974, Tomas Cloma changed the name of the country from Freedomland to Colonia.