Kilabalita: Another KASAKA ( Kahugpungan Alang sa Kalambuan ) member and Purok leader of LBC (Lumad, Boholano,Cebuano) in Sitio Sto. Nino, Gabriel Alindao ( 60 years old) was shot down at Purok 2-B Barangay Kauswagan, Loreto, Agusan del Sur around 12:00 noon today (October 10, 2013). At press time, the dead body of the victim was still in the crime scene. Last September 13, peasant leader and KASAKA member Benjie Planos was shot and hacked down at the same barangay. KASAKA ( Kahugpungan Alang sa Kalambuan ) opposed intensive military and paramilitary operations in the area; the militarization and Large Scale Mining linked to New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. " The series of death of KASAKA members ( Planos and Alindao) despite the memorandum of agreement between the Loreto Local government, military and KASAKA with the present of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte last September 22, 2013 was a clear manifestation of human rights violation of the state forces as the primary suspect ", Hanimay Suazo, spokesperson of KARAPATAN, human rights group said.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:44:43 +0000
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