A BACKHOE worth more or less P10 million was torched by unidentified men in Sitio Pangi, Barangay Mandug around 2 a.m. of Nov. 3.
Caretaker Lorie Generalao, 65, resident of Km. 8, Tigatto, Buhangin District, said that he was roused by barking dogs. When he went out to check, he saw two men douse the heavy equipment with gasoline before setting it on fire. They escaped after the incident.
Recovered from the area were two empty gallons with kerosene residue.
Around 2:40 a.m., another equipment was burned at Sitio Sto Nino, Barangay Mandug.
According to the stay-in guard of Horizon Concrete Products, Nilson Diwan, 33, under Shanghai Security Agency, four men entered the compound and torched the crusher before leaving the area. He tried to extinguish the fire but the electrical wirings sustained damage.
Recovered from the area were four empty plastic gallons smelling of kerosene. The men left the place fled to the direction of Sitio Lapoy, Bangay Mandug Davao City. The backhoe and crusher were owned by Jaime Lao, owner of Horizon Concrete Products.
The Buhangin Police Precinct is investigating the incidents.
The modus operandi fits that of the Maoist New People's Army (NPA), the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). This sort of activity is usually punishment inflicted on companies that fail or refuse to make payment of "revolutionary taxes," a euphemism for protection money/extortion payments.
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