From MindaNews (Oct 19): Soldiers in Tampakan operation facing probe; militants warn of whitewash
The commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion (IB) and his men involved in the operation that killed a mother and her two sons in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. in Tampakan, South Cotabato on Thursday will face a military investigation, an official said on Friday. Immediately, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in SOCCSKSARGEN Region warned a possible whitewash of the incident it described as a massacre.... Bayan and other human rights and environmental advocates staged Friday a protest at the office of Sagittarius Mines in General Santos City to condemn the killing of Juvy and her sons....
http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/10/19/soldiers-in-tampakan-operation-facing-probe-militants-warn-of-whitewash/
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-New Patriotic Alliance) is the main CPP-linked multisectoral front organization in the Philippines. The group has chapters active nationwide. BAYAN and other CPP front groups have sought to exploit this incident in their anti-government/military propaganda.
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