PNP chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, admitted yesterday that it is the first time that he heard about the anti-communist group called Kawsa Guihulnganon Batok Komunista (KAGUBAK) in Negros Oriental.
During a hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Public Order on Tuesday on the killings in Negros Oriental, Senator Risa Hontiveros said authorities should take KAGUBAK seriously to protect the names which are on the list of the so-called death squad.
“Personally, it's the first time I heard about it and we don't have any report about it from the regional director (RD) or even the provincial director (PD) on the existence of that alleged death squad. We will investigate that,” Albayalde said.
“I will have to talk to the PD there because he is new and I would have to talk with the RD on whether there is really a death squad there,” he added.
Five of the 15 victims were included in the hit list of the KAGUBAK death squad, Lt. Col. Bonifacio Tecson, Guihulngan City police chief, said during the Senate inquiry.
“That is among the things we are probing. As far as I know, majority of the victims of the killings have only one thing in common -- they have leanings with the left. We also think it might be a case of purging (of the rebels). They sacrifice their own and then they blame the security forces, the AFP, and PNP. This propaganda of left-leaning groups is not new,” the PNP chief said.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/August/30/topstory1.htm
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