Friday, March 25, 2016

Corruption hounds NPA

From Tempo (Mar 25): Corruption hounds NPA

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Allegations of corruption and immorality are hounding the local command of the New People’s Army (NPA) that prompted the mass surrender of its guerillas in the provinces of Sarangani and Davao del Sur this year.

Lt. Col. Ronnie Babac, 73rd Infantry Battalion commander, said for the first quarter of this year, at least 23 NPA rebels surrendered to local officials and military authorities in Sarangani and Davao del Sur.

Among the NPA surrenderees are couple Ariel Calaor, 21 and Jenelyn Ali Juan, 22, who were former members of NPA Front Guerilla 71.

Ali Juan, who was recruited to join the rebel group in 2010, served as medic to NPA guerilla unit and even took part in several encounters with government troops.

She said she met her husband, Calaor, while both of them were serving the underground movement.

She said she and her husband decided to abandon the Maoist-inspired rebel group due to the brewing issues of corruption and immorality involving the local leadership of the NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

She cited the case of Commander Lucas, the secretary of NPA Front Guerilla 75 who stashed away with the funds of the organization amounting to R100,000 which were supposedly intended for the maternal care of NPA amazons.

She said Lucas had gone into hiding after he eloped with a widow of an NPA member who was killed in an encounter with military in Malita, Davao del Sur in 2014.

http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/03/25/news/main/corruption-hounds-npa/

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