NPA accused of publicly executing palm oil plantation security chief

From InterAksyon (Oct 22): NPA accused of publicly executing palm oil plantation security chief

Communist rebels have been accused of publicly executing the chief security officer of a palm oil plantation in Arakan town, North Cotabato Monday, the same day nine government troops were killed in twin ambushes in the same province.

Authorities said the New People’s Army guerrillas entered the plantation then shot former Army sergeant Glen Ariola in the head before residents.

The rebels reportedly accused Ariola of abuses against poor farmers within the almost 300-hectare plantation owned by a former politician from Matalam town, also in North Cotabato.

The execution of Ariola was carried out soon after rebels set off improvised devices in Tulunan and Makilala towns, killing six Army soldiers and three government militiamen.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/73247/npa-accused-of-publicly-executing-palm-oil-plantation-security-chief