MARAMAG, Bukidnon — A female ex-rebel alias “Michelle” of Company Thunder, SRC2, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC) revealed that some leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) use young female members to quench sexual desire.
This was confirmed when the 88th Infantry Battalion (88IB) troops uncovered contraceptive pills and condoms inside NPA hideout—locally known as “Hagpo”—in a forested part of Barangay Kibongkog, San Fernando, Bukidnon.
“Naa gyud mga abusadong lider nga gapanggamit ug mga babae sa ‘Hukbo’. Bisan ug minyo nga mga babae basta batan-on, makighilawas sila. Ug walay mahimo ang mga babae kundi mosugot nalang kay mahadlok man nga pasakitan o patyon ba hinuon. (There are abusive leaders who use women in the movement. The NPA leaders were having sex with their comrades. Even married women—as long as she is young—are forced to having sex with them due to fear of being killed).”
Under Republic Act 7877 or Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995; Republic Act No. 8353 or the Anti-Rape Law of 1997; and Republic Act no. 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, the CPP-NPA openly violated the law by doing forced sexual favors, sexual exploitation, and trafficking to the deceived victims.
The rage of the crowd pulled Lt. Colonel Franklin F. Fabic to pledge and commit in saving these women and youth out from hell grounds.
"I condemn these malicious and inhumane deeds of the CPP-NPA to the Filipino women and young victims inside their hideouts. It saddens me to imagine that these helpless women and youth cannot stand up against them because of power these leaders have. As a father, I cannot think of much worse than this done by the CPP-NPA to the daughters of longing parents. This has to be stopped. There is no place for these brutalities up there. We, in this unit, will help them out from their miseries and bring them back to their families where they should belong. Where they are respected, loved, and cared as a woman, as a daughter, and as human," he added. (Norven Jay Garcia, CMO, 88IB, 4ID, PA/PIA Bukidnon)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1029292
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