The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas on Friday afternoon disclosed that its vice chairman was "illegally arrested" by police in Quezon province.
The leftist peasant organization indicated in an urgent alert and citing initial reports, that Tony Pajalla "was accosted by armed policemen on charges of rebellion" around 2 p.m. and detained at Macalelon town jail.
"Pajalla was able to contact and inform his colleagues about his arrest," KMP added.
Pajalla's arrest comes 10 days before formal peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels are scheduled to resume in Oslo, Norway, and on the same day that trial courts began granting bail to detained consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Among those granted bail Friday were rebel leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and Adelberto Silva, all of whom are detained, and Rafael Baylosis, who "surfaced" before the Manila regional trial court.
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The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Peasant Movement of the Philippine) is the main Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) peasant front organization with chapters active nationwide. The group is a founding member of the main CPP multisectoral umbrella front organization the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-New Patriotic Alliance).
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