Military personnel, regardless of ranks, will be punished
strictly if found violating various tenets of the human rights and
international law.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen.
Hernando DCA Iriberri stressed this when asked about what the military is doing
in the wake of repeated complaints filed by various indigenous groups against
its Eastern Mindanao-based troopers.
The complaints included harassment, grave coercion and
homicide or murder.
Iriberri said the AFP is not tolerating such misdeeds as its
strategy in dealing with insurgency and various other threats is based on
"respect for human rights and international humanitarian law."
Relatedly, he said the two troopers of the 68th Infantry
Battalion accused of raping a 14-year-old Manobo girl are now undergoing
investigation by operatives of the Philippine National Police in Talaingod,
Davao del Norte.
If sufficient proof is found for their misdeeds, the
military will coordinate with civilian authorities in filing the necessary
cases in court, he added.
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