The Philippine Army will formally exhume on Friday the
remains of victims liquidated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Vicente
village, MacArthur, Leyte .
Lt. Col. Allan Jose Taguba, commander of the Philippine
Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion, said in a statement that at least two bodies
have been recovered from the mass grave site recently discovered by the
military through the help of local residents.
Local officials identified the bodies as those of
Necostrates Novio from Lanawan village in MacArthur town and Lolito Custodio
from Mag-aso village in La Paz
The Army believed that several victims of summary killing
were buried in San Vicente village, and need formal exhumation in the presence
of local government officials, police scene of the crime operatives, Commission
on Human Rights, and religious sector.
To raise public awareness on past atrocities of NPA, the
Army held a series of film showing in MacArthur town. The video showed the
Inopacan Massacre where several rebels suspected as government supporters were
killed by the NPA.
“This led the residents of Barangay San Vicente to reveal
that purging by the NPA also transpired in the areas of MacArthur, Leyte as part of their Oplan Venereal Disease in the
1980s. The residents later pinpointed where the victims were executed and
buried,” Taguba said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=727622
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