Government security forces arrested a ranking leader of the
New People's Army (NPA)'s Southern Mindanao Regional Committee during
operations in Barangay La Filipina, Tagum
City
Arrested by virtue of warrant of arrest for kidnapping and
serious illegal detention issued by Regional Trial Court 11, Branch 3,
Nabunturan town, Compostela
Valley
He was bagged by the joint elements of 10th Infantry
Division, Tagum City Police and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
(CIDG) Davao Del Norte.
Tuna is also known as Ka Simon Santiago, SMRC Spokesperson
and Second Deputy Secretary.
He was the former Front Secretary of Guerilla Front 25 and
the current head of the Regional Instructors Bureau.
Tuna will also be facing raps for murder with Criminal Case
Number 20502 filed at RTC, Branch 11 Judicial Region Branch 1, Tagum City
Major Rafael Valencia, 10th Infantry Division commander,
commended the 10th Infantry Division and PNP personnel involved in this
successful operations.
"I extend my utmost congratulations to the soldiers and
policemen who participated in this operation. We will continue to insure that
the long arms of the law will catch up with members of the NPA's Southern
Mindanao Regional Committee who have terrorized our people for so long,"
he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=817929
Wonder how long it will take the CPP human rights umbrella front group KARAPATAN to come to the defense of Porferio D. Tuna. Will the group assert that his arrest is a case of "mistaken identity" or that he is being detained on "trumped up charges?" And will KARAPATAN facilitate legal representation through the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL), a CPP front that often provides legal defense services to detained/captured insurgent leaders?
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