Saturday, September 7, 2019

AFP to find ways to arrest Sison, others outside PH wanted for 80s massacre

From ABS-CBN (Sep 7, 2019): AFP to find ways to arrest Sison, others outside PH wanted for 80s massacre

CPP founder Joma Sison may be out of the country's jurisdiction, but Philippine security forces will find a way to arrest him, a military official said Friday. Tiziana Fabi, AFP/file

Some wanted Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) members, including founder Joma Sison, could be out of the country but Philippine security forces will find a way to catch them, a military official said.

"As for those who are, like Mr. Sison, outside the country, we may not be able to serve the warrant right away as they are outside our jurisdiction. But we are not without recourse,"
Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, the military's spokesperson, said in a statement Friday.


Sison, his wife Juliet, and 36 others were tagged in the so-called "Inopacan massacre," a 1980s purge of CPP members accused of various offenses in Leyte, according to an arrest warrant issued on August 28 by Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32.
"We are, as ever, firm in our resolve to hunt down these terrorists who perpetrated this dastardly, cowardly, and devilish acts to serve the warrant and arrest them," Arevalo said.

Besides Sison and his wife, among those ordered arrested were the following:
  1. Luis Jalandoni, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) senior adviser
  2. Rodolfo Salas alias Ka Bilog, a former CPP chair who was arrested in 1986 and granted amnesty in 1992 by former President Fidel V. Ramos
  3. Leo Velasco, a communist consultant
  4. Prudencio Calubid, NDFP consultant
  5. Sarmiento Eduardo, NDFP consultant
  6. Geronimo Pasetes
  7. Francisco Pascual, Jr.
  8. Mil Lominion
  9. Fortunato Felicilda
  10. Benjamin Beringel
  11. Quirino Quinawayan
  12. Fernando Rachel
  13. Pecario Sonana
  14. Jesus Solayao
  15. Lino Salazar
  16. Alfredo Taladro
  17. Tito Gabar
  18. Muco Lubong
  19. Felix Dumali
  20. Ciriaca Malimot
  21. Luzviminda Orillo
  22. Anselmo Balduhesa
  23. Alfredo Mabingay
  24. Bertino Oroza
  25. Bonifacio Padoc
  26. Rodrigo Paplona
  27. Prescillono Beringel
  28. Anastacio Dorias
  29. Nick Ruiz
  30. Sammy Labarda
  31. Charlie Fortaliza
  32. Luis Villena
  33. Rolando Caballera
  34. Donata Lumbrento
  35. Luz Abejo
The court did not recommend bail for them.

The murder charges were filed in 2006 after skeletons of 67 alleged victims were discovered in Subang Daku Village in Inopacan town.

Sison had denied the charges.

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