Cops sue communist rebel leader, son for ambush

From the Sun Star-Davao (Dec 24): Cops sue communist rebel leader, son for ambush

POLICE filed multiple murder charges against Leoncio "Ka Parago" Pitao and his son Ryan of the 1st Pulang Bagani Command of the New People's Army (NPA) for the killing of four soldiers in an ambush in Sitio Cinco, Purok 5, Barangay Mapula, Paquibato district, Davao City last November 4. The Paquibato police filed the charges before the City Prosecutor's Office (CPO) last Saturday. Chief Inspector Romeo Abler, chief of Paquibato Police Station, said they may not have specifically identified the suspects but explained they are still under the command of Pitao.

The four soldiers - Private First Class (Pfc.) Ahian Dolero, Pfc. Marvin Lauronal, Pfc. Noel Sigan and Private Marcelo Himaya - are all members of the Army's 69th Infantry Battalion (69th IB). They were killed in an ambush while returning to their base from a public market in Panabo City. Dolero, Lauronal and Sigan were killed on the spot while Himaya was believed to be tortured before he was killed as the autopsy report indicated that he sustained bruises to the different parts of his body before his neck was cut.

While the Paquibato police has already filed multiple murder charges on the Pitaos, the 69th Infantry Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, is yet to file their own charges against the rebel group leader. Pasaporte is also looking into the rebel group's violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law as the soldiers were off-duty and unarmed at that time of the ambush. Pasaporte claimed the attack against the soldiers was an overkill, especially in the case of Himaya as he was already wounded when the NPA finished him off.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2012/12/24/cops-sue-communist-rebel-leader-son-ambush-259895