From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 1): Rebels continue to justify killings --
301st-IB
In a press statement, the New People’s Army took responsibility for the
assassination of a ranking leader of its rival group Revolutionary Proletarian
Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB).
This was revealed by Col. Arnold Quiapo, commander of the 301st Infantry
Brigade based in Camp Hernandez, Dingle, Iloilo.
To recall, 44-year-old Joven Tababa of Brgy. Bagacay, Tigbauan, Iloilo was
ambushed by suspected armed rebels afternoon of January 25.
He was onboard a motorcycle along with his seven-year-old daughter on their
way to Brgy. Nagba, also in Tigbauan when sprayed by a group of armed men with
high caliber firearms and eventually died on the spot.
His daughter fortunately survived and was brought to the hospital in nearby
Guimbal, Iloilo for stress debriefing.
A day after Tababa’s brutal slay, a certain Gina Genilan Gestalao alyas
Neneng, 35 years old and wife of former RPA-ABB member, was also shot dead by
suspected NPA rebels 8 pm on January 26 at their house in Brgy. Bulho, San
Joaquin, Iloilo.
She succumbed to bullet wounds on her upper breast and left portion of her
eye inflicted by a .45 caliber pistol.
“Their action show that they are inhuman for killing a person right in front
of his daughter. It is very traumatic for a daughter to see her father gets
killed,” Col. Quiapo said.
Quiapo stressed that "we are all advocates of peace, any issue against Tababa
should be brought to the proper judicial system. They should not justify this
senseless killing. This only goes to show that they are no longer
revolutionaries but terrorists.”
For his part, Maj. Gen. Jose Mabanta, 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division, said
that the government and the Filipino people want a justice system that's not
served through killings. We don't want to go back to the barbaric era and while
they took responsibility for the killing, they should bring those culprits from
within their ranks to the courts of law.
Recently, NPA rebels killed a police officer and eight civilians in an
ambush-massacre early Sunday morning of Jan. 27 in Brgy Puso, La Castellana,
Negros Occidental.
The grisly incident likewise wounded 12 other victims including four minors
and two more police officers.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=493399
Karapatan routinely posts bail and provides free legal representation to known and suspected members of the Maoist New People's Army. But have they ever posted bail for a policeman, a soldier, or a member of the government? Not likely! In commieland only the insurgents and members of CPP front organizations have human rights.
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