CPP/Ang Bayan: AFP kills wounded Red fighter in Quezon

From the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the CPP Website (Mar 7): AFP kills wounded Red fighter in Quezon

Fascist soldiers mercilessly tortured and killed a wounded Red fighter of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Quezon. An anti-mining datu was slain in Agusan del Norte and two peasants were killed in Albay. In Isabela, a peasant leader struggling against landgrabbing was abducted. In Cavite and North Cotabato, several civilians were illegally detained. And in Abra, the military interrogated civilians in a remote village and ransacked their houses.

Quezon. Troops of the 201st Brigade heinously killed a Red fighter rendered hors de combat on March 1.

At around 10 a.m. that day, fighting ensued between a unit of the Apolonio Mendoza Command (NPA-Quezon) and fascist troops of the 201st Brigade in Barangay Sto. Niño Ibaba, Lopez. Ka Brando (Roberto Campaner) was slightly wounded in this firefight and captured.

No less than the village officials of Barangay Sto. Niño Ibaba said the soldiers even showed them the wounded Ka Brando before bringing him to hospital. He did not have any serious wounds and they were sure that he would survive as long as he would receive prompt medical attention.

But on the afternoon of that day, Ka Brando’s family and human rights advocates found him dead at the Magsaysay Hospital in Lopez town. An autopsy revealed that he had nine gunshot wounds. The most serious were two wounds to the chest and one fatal wound in the head that caused one of his eyes to pop out. Ka Brando also had several bruises to the body—indicating that he was tortured before being killed.

Agusan del Norte. Rolando Ambungan, a Higaonon datu was shot to death in Sitio Balakalan, Barangay Lumbuyan, Buenavista on the night of January 31. At around 7 p.m., Eddie Ampiawan (alias “Commander Bawang”) and two masked men arrived at his house. Commander Bawang shot Ambungan with an M14 rifle. Wounded in the shooting was the datu’s nephew Janmar Sulhayan. Datu Ambungan had long been opposed to the operations of a mining company in their community.

Albay. Armed state agents killed Rosauro Rayteran and his son Rasty in Barangay San Pascual, Libon on February 6.

Isabela. Unidentified armed men abducted Romulo dela Cruz on February 28 in San Manuel town. Dela Cruz is the leader of Agbiag-Danggayan Dagiti Mannalon iti Isabela, a progressive peasant organization.

Dela Cruz was then with his 21-year old son when the motorcycle they were riding was blocked. He was dragged and forced into a waiting van in Barangay Nueva Era. His assailants posed as agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and passed by the local office of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Dela Cruz is among those fighting landgrabbing in Roxas, a town adjacent to San Manuel.

Cavite. Five activist fisherfolk were arrested by the police in Sitio Patungan, Barangay Mercedes, Maragondon on February 28 and accused of being members of the New People’s Army.

The five were identified as William Castilano, Lorenzo Obrado, Joselito Agner, Basilio Agner and Rogelio Monzales. They are all members of the Haligi ng Batangueñong Anakdagat (Habagat). They were arrested by troops of the Cavite Provincial Safety Company and PNP-SWAT of Cavite. The policemen barged into the houses of the fisherfolk leaders and planted assorted firearms to justify their arrest.

The Pambansang Lakas ng Pamamalakaya sa Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) condemned the arrest. Habagat is the provincial chapter of PAMALAKAYA.

Abra. Forces under the 41st IB Bravo Coy indiscriminately ransacked houses in Barangay Lenneng, Baay-Licuan on February 19. Led by a 1Lieutenant De los Santos, the soldiers subjected the residents to interrogation without a court order.

Among the houses ransacked was that of the Lenneng village chair. Data from his computer were also copied, due to the military’s suspicions that it was being used by the NPA. The fascists did the same in Sitio Kileng of the same village.

Soldiers detained Freddie Ligiw, a miner from Sitio Patong of Barangay Sucao on February 22. He was also interrogated and forced to guide to soldiers on the way to Mt. Inuman. He was detained near his piggery, while other soldiers searched Ligiw’s house and confiscated a shotgun usually used by the villagers for hunting.

The military released Ligiw at 8 p.m.

North Cotabato. Troops of the 39th IB arrested 11 Lumad who were hunting on February 9 and detained them for more than two hours in a forested area of Barangay Batasan, Makilala town.

Interrogated and threatened were Elorde Panggilan, Denis Panggilan, Dexter Panggilan, Ariel Panggilan, Randy Emban, Lodring Emban, Ryan Baclao, Jonel de Guzman, Wowie de Guzman, Henry Ando and Roel de Vera. They were released only after villagers led by barangay officials protested and negotiated with the fascist soldiers.

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