The military on Thursday derided the New People’s Army (NPA)
for uploading a video of the captive law enforcers begging the government to
negotiate for their release.
The video, uploaded on YouTube, a free video sharing
website, by the NPA last Tuesday, was meant to coerce and sow fear among the
people, Capt. Patrick Martinez, the spokesperson of the Army’s 4th Infantry
Division, said.
The 4th Infantry Division condemned the act of uploading the
video online as there are contents that are not suitable for general audiences,
especially the minors, Martinez
“Definitely, the NPAs do not care for the effect to whoever
would see the video. We condemn the NPA for their grave violation of human
rights and for continually creating havoc from among the peace-loving people,” Martinez
He said that the video highlighted the NPA's terrorist
nature, similar to the Abu Sayyaf and ISIS, where the kidnapped victims are
videoed behind the terrorist flags and are intimidated to pronounce statements
of propaganda content.
One of the videos that ran for 4:43 minutes, showed
Inspector Rene Rombo, of Misamis Oriental police, pleading for the national and
local government officials and the third party commission to negotiate for his
early release.
Handcuffed and wearing a black jacket, with the insignia of
the Philippine National Police (PNP), Rombo was observed reading a prepared
statement, Martinez
“It is very obvious that there is coercion and what the NPA
has done was plain kidnapping, a crime punishable by law,” Martinez
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