From the pro-CPP online "news outlet" Bulatlat (Nov 16): Albay councilman shot, beheaded by suspected soldiers
A village councilman in Guinobatan, Albay province was found beheaded, November 12. According to reports from the Karapatan chapter in Bicol, the councilman, 60-year-old Ely M. Oguis, was accused of being a tax collector of the New People’s Army (NPA) by the Philippine Army and was shot and decapitated. Oguis, 60, was a member of the Albay People’s Organization.... At 1:00 a.m. the following morning, November 12, another village councilor Minda Sumaupan, with three others were returning home from a wake in another village. When they reached Palapbuton subvillage, Cabaloaon, the group’s flashlight shone upon a person lying along the road. At first, the group thought the person was asleep in a drunken stupor. They were shocked when, after coming closer to the person, they found the body with no head.... Initial information gathered by Karapatan-Bicol revealed that Oguis sustained five gunshot wounds in the chest causing severe damage to the lungs and heart. The decapitated head also bore signs of being hit with a hard object. In the meantime, units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines have already released statements, each one in conflict with the others..... In a statement sent to Bulatlat.com, Vince Casilihan, spokesman of Karapatan-Bicol and among those who conducted an independent investigation of the incident, quoted the residents as saying that they never heard any firefight. The gunshots did not last for even a minute, Casihilan said. “The military is lying to cover up for their heinous crime,” Casihilan said. “They are the only ones who have the motive to kill Oguis.”.... Casihilan said the killing of Oguis is part of the implementation of the Aquino administration’s counterinsurgency program Oplan Bayanihan. “The state forces who present themselves as Community Peace and Development Team (CPDT) are no different from the bloody Special operations teams of Arroyo’s Oplan Bantal Laya I and II.
http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/11/16/albay-councilman-shot-beheaded-by-suspected-soldiers/print/
Bulatlat is nothing more than a propaganda organ of the CPP/NPA. This attack is consistent with an NPA statement that attempted to counter the Philippine Army account of the incident and shift the blame for the councilor's murder away from the NPA and onto the Philippine military. Once again, the insurgents use their human rights front Karapatan to conduct an "independent investigation" and issue propaganda statements to support the NPA's version of events.
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