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was taken from Bulatlat, the Philippines's alternative weekly
newsmagazine (www.bulatlat.com, www.bulatlat.net, www.bulatlat.org).
Vol. VI, No. 16, May 27, 2006
BY
BULATLAT
Noli Capulong,
secretary general of the party-list group Bayan Muna, was killed near
St. John Hospital in Barangay Parian, Calamba town in the province of
Laguna (52 km south of Manila) today at around 6 in the evening. Dorris Cuario, secretary
general of the human rights group Karapatan in Southern Tagalog said two
motorcycle-riding men wearing ski-masks shot and killed Capulong on the spot.
The latest victim of extra judicial killing sustained four gunshot wounds in the
head and body. Capulong’s murder brings to
94 the number of Bayan Muna members killed since 2001. He was also a regional
staff member of the multi-sectoral group Bagong Alyangsang Makabayan (Bayan or
New Patriotic Alliance) and served as spokesperson for the Southern Tagalog
Environmental Action Movement (STEAM). Cuario said their group
will hold an indignation rally in front of Gate 2 of the Department of National
Defense (DND) along EDSA at 10 am tomorrow, May 28. Bulatlat © 2006 Bulatlat
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