New People's Army rebels burned an estimated PHP10-million
worth of various equipment of a mining company on Thursday night at Barangay
Himagtocon, Lagonoy, Camarines Sur.
A police report said that at about 6 p.m. Thursday, members
of the NPA's Tomas Pilapil Command armed with high-powered firearms arrived at
the compound of the Bicol Chromite and Manganese Inc. (BCMI) owned by Lydia Cu.
They immediately poured gasoline on the backhoe, bulldozer,
owner-type jeep, generator set and other equipment of the company and set them
on fire.
Company guards could not do anything and could only watch
what was happening.
The rebels, however, did not harm them.
Police said the rebels had long been asking for
revolutionary tax from the BCMI but it did not yield to the demand, prompting
the rebels to "punish" the mining company.
The BCMI has been mining in the mountains of barangays
Himagtocon, Pinamihagan , Del
The rebels retreated after the burning incident but told
company guards why they burned the company's assets, the report said.
Tomas Pilapil Command spokesperson Baldomero Arcangel
immediately came out with a statement admitting that their group was responsible
for the burning of the equipment.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=774208
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