Two alumni of the
University of the Philippines
Gerald Salonga,
24 and Guiller Martin Cadano, 22, both graduates of UPDEPP, were reportedly abducted by armed men riding a red
van and two white pick-up trucks suspected to be elements of the
3rd Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Salonga is a
youth organizer of Anakbayan while Cadano identifies himself in his Facebook page
as Regional Spokesperson of Kabataan Party-list in Central
Luzon .
Salonga and Cadano both graduated from UPDEPP with a BA
Psychology degree.
According to Frontliner,
the official student publication of
UPDEPP, Salonga and Cadano are currently in the custody of
the Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group- Nueva Ecija and are detained in Provincial Public Safety
Company in Cabanatuan
City
On June 26, 2006, two students from UP Diliman,
Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan were allegedly abducted by
suspected elements of the 7th Infantry Division of the AFP then under
General Jovito Palparan in Hagonoy town, Bulacan.
The two students remain missing until this day and Palparan remains
at large.
Interestingly, while these two were allegedly abducted on Saturday afternoon in in Barangay R.T Padilla, Carranglan town, Nueva Ecija later that day the Philippine military detained two alleged NPA rebels (identified as Gerald Hernandez and Guiller Martin) in the same barangay. See PNA article "2 rebels nabbed in joint military, police operations in Nueva Ecija" at the following URL: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=671418
ReplyDeleteThe two abductees were clearly members of known Communist Party of the Philippines youth-oriented front organizations. Anakbayan is a sectoral front for Philippine youth while Kabataan is a political front active in the youth sector.