LEONILA Davis, 52, cries as she begs for the New People’s Army to return her 14-year-old daughter during the AFP-PNP media forum at Task Force Davao. BING GONZALES
A MOTHER is asking the New People’s Army (NPA) to return his 14-year-old daughter who was allegedly forcibly taken by the group to join the movement.
“I’m appealing to the New People’s Army to return my daughter because they know, and I already told them, not to take her away because she’s still studying,” said Leonila Davis, 52, farmer and resident of Mati in Davao Oriental, in visayan.
She appeared in yesterday’s AFP-PNP press conference held at Task Force Davao headquarters in Sta. Ana wharf.
“To all the leaders of the NPA, I’m begging them to give me back my daughter,” she added.
According to her, her daughter was supposed to graduate from grade 6 but was taken by the guerillas somewhere in the hinterlands of Davao Oriental back on Jan. 23. They allegedly told her that her daughter volunteered to join their group.
On that day, she thought that her daughter was in school. Instead, she was found in Davao City joining a protest rally.
“I only learned about it when I arrived in Banay-banay because my other child contacted me,” she narrated.
She returned five days later only to leave with the group on the same day. That’s the last time she talked to her.
“If I try to get back my daughter, she will supposedly commit suicide,” she added.
She asked the rebels what could compel her daughter to kill herself when they have not been remiss in their duties as parents. She also said that they did not physical abuse their daughter.
Davis said a 17-year-old girl who escaped from the rebels had news about what happened to her daughter, which had her worried further.
Apparently, her daughter sustained wounds on her foot at around 3 p.m. last Monday. That prevented her from running away.
The 17-year-old escapee also informed her that her girl wanted to go home and was always crying. The unit where her daughter was assigned is led by an amazon.
Meanwhile, Capt. Rhyan Batchar, spokesperson of 10th Infantry Division, confirmed that there was a 17-year-old girl, alias Jenny, who surrendered to the military.
During debriefing, they were informed that there’s another girl in her company. And this turned out to be the daughter of Leonila.
He also said that Jenny’s family became the subject of harassment from the rebel group. They left their home out of fear of their safety.
Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, deputy regional director for administration, said if true, it’s clear kidnapping since it involved a minor. “I will instruct our investigation unit to conduct and file charges against those perpetrators,” Morales said.
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