The 4th Infantry Division on Wednesday vowed to bring to justice the New People's Army (NPA) rebels who raided a "agro-forestry" corporation in Sitio Kamarangan, Barangay Milagros, Esperanza town, Agusan Del Sur, killing five people Tuesday morning.
Lt. Col. Leo Bongosia, 4th Infantry Division spokesperson, said that one of the five victims is a pastor.
“This heinous incident describes another leftist NPA rebel’s barbaric, anti-development and anti-people terroristic acts," 4th Infantry Division officer-in-charge Brig. Gen. Ricardo Visaya said.
“We will not allow incidents like this hinder peace and development in our area, collaboration between local government units, government agencies, non-government organizations and other stakeholders is the best resolution to these unproductive and inhumane atrocities by the New People’s Army rebels...communities should realize by now that they should end supporting this rebel groups," he added.
Shennalyne Corporation is a non-government organization and private venture that grows Acacial-Mangium tress, a project that greatly benefited at least two hundred Higaonons in the area.
The firm was raided by two truckloads of rebels around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. They put ablaze at least five heavy machinery, including two tractors.
According to sources, the firm in its five years of existence has developed the area through construction of roads and predominantly giving employment to the people and communities around the firm.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=535776
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