Thursday, November 19, 2015

Armed men burn PHP25-M heavy equipment machineries in Batangas

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 20): Armed men burn PHP25-M heavy equipment machineries in Batangas
 
An estimated PHP25-million worth of heavy equipment machineries were burned by armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Agustin Village here on Wednesday.

Police reports said that about 20 armed men burned seven heavy equipment machineries and two 10-wheeler trucks owned by businessman Renato Maligalig from San Andres Village Alaminos town in Laguna.

The report said at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, the armed men entered the back portion of the lot where the heavy equipment were parked and using gasoline burned them without resistance from the employees of Maligalig out of fear. After the incident, the armed men left toward the dark portion of the village.

It was reported that before the incident, Maligalig received a letter from a group asking for a big sum of money as revolutionary tax which he failed to comply.

Meanwhile, town police led by Police Superintendent Noel Nunez, chief of police, and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel are conducting investigation.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=829167

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