Police file charges vs. NPA for killings

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 27): Police file charges vs. NPA for killings

The police filed robbery with homicide and frustrated murder charges against several members of the New People's Army before the Sagay City Prosecutor's Office last week, for the killing of two agrarian reform workers, and inflicting injuries on two others, in connection with the raid of a farmer's bunk house in Sagay City, on May 22.

Chief Inspector Eduardo Corpuz, Sagay City police officer-in-charge, yesterday identified two of the NPA respondents as Charity Amaca, alias Cha, and Rogelio Dañoso, alias Ka Gildo, both leaders of the Northern Negros Front of the New People's Army.

Earlier, the Roselyn Pelle Command of the NPA Northern Negros had disputed military and police claims that what they had raided and overran were bunkhouses of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Sitio Buntod Aliwanay, Brgy. General Luna, Sagay City. It maintained that it was a “detachment “ of the Special Civilian Armed Auxilliary of the Philippine Army.

The raid claimed the lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries Jose Pios and Dionesio Ybanez, and caused injuries to Jovito Lutrago and Boboy Respundo.

Corpus said Amaca and Dañoso were positively identified through the pictures presented to them, by two captured SCAA members, who were later released by the rebel captors.

Dañoso was also earlier named among the 21 respondents in two counts of murder, and two of frustrated murder, filed before the Negros Occidental Provincial Prosecutor's Officer, in connection with the ambush-slay of two policemen, and causing injuries to two others, in Brgy. Caningay, Candoni on Feb. 18.

Corpuz said the criminal complaints will be amended as soon the real identities of John Does, are established.

The NPA claimed that it had seized 18 firearms during the raid, but the police said the government lost only four firearms, that were taken from the captured SCAA members.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2016/June/27/topstory6.htm