THE New People’s Army (NPA) under the Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC) Bagong Hukbong Bayan claimed the recent death of 48-year-old Arman Matutina in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
More than a week after Matutina was gunned down at Barangay Buenavista Proper on March 20, the rebels released a press statement to the media on Wednesday, admitting the crime.
In a press statement dated March 24, JB Regalado, spokesperson of LPC-Central Negros, said they killed Matutina after they received reports that the victim threatened some farmers in the barangay.
Matutina and his partner wanted to own the land being negotiated by the farmers with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), he said.
They talked to Matutina twice and told him to stop meddling, and even threatened him to stop sabotaging the farmers.
Instead he made up stories and threatened the farmers at gunpoint, prompting the rebels to kill him, Regalado added.
Matutina was on his way to the gymnasium to accompany a friend in a public hearing regarding a conflict in the land, where he was working, when four unidentified men fired at him.
Recovered from the scene were a letter with a note: “Rebolusyonaryong Korte sang Pumuluyo from Larangan Gerilya Negros,” 10 fired cartridges, six slugs and a live cartridge of .45 caliber pistol, bag and wallet containing an undetermined amount of cash.
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