[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and standpoint on current issues.]
The Procopio Tauro Front under the Agustin Begnalen Command condemned the 41st IB’s violations of the people’s human rights in Lagangilang and Licuan-Baay towns in northern Abra.
January 30. Soldiers of the 41st IB arbitrarily arrested a 14-year old boy named “Boboy” (true name withheld), a resident of Barangay Lenneng, Licuan-Baay, Abra. Boboy had gone to the mountains near Palpalitpit, Cayapa, Lagangilang with a man, also from Barangay Lenneng to retrieve a carabao. They met the soldiers on the way. Boboy froze with fear but his companion was able to flee.
Boboy was arrested and brought to the military detachment in Bituen, Lenneng to make him admit to being a member of the New People’s Army (NPA). For the second time, Boboy refused to speak. The day after, the military brought the boy to Bakiro in Licuan-Baay town. Boboy was released only when the town mayor vouched that he was a civilian of minor age and was in fact, a nephew of his.
In Barangay Cayapa, Lagangilang, residents are being summoned to the military headquarters to prove that they are not NPA supporters. Villagers in Sitio Palpalitpit, on the other hand, have been barred from leaving the barrio, causing huge disruptions in their livelihoods.
January 29. The military attempted to kill Meymar Alcantara, 25, a resident of Barangay Nagtipulan, Lagangilang. He was gathering firewood in the forest at 11 a.m. when three uniformed soldiers armed with M16 rifles suddenly approached him. Their faces and nameplates were concealed with handkerchieves. The soldiers kicked him in the thigh and ordered him to admit to being an NPA member. They also kept on hitting him in the face.
Not content, they took the victim’s knife and wounded him near the eyes and on the chest. They carved the number “1” on his right temple and an “X” mark on his left temple. They put another “X” mark on his chest. They next pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger, but the weapon failed to fire. The soldiers stopped only when they saw his Voter’s I.D., which proved that he was really a civilian. The troopers ran off to regroup with their fellow soldiers, but not before threatening to come back at him.
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20130321/npa-front-condemns-human-rights-violations-in-abra
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