Rights Group
Claims Soldiers Arrested 7 Men Illegally in Pampanga
BY
BULATLAT
Posted 1:52 p.m. July 4, 2006
A human rights
group in Central Luzon denounced the illegal arrest and arbitrary
detention by soldiers and police of seven leaders and members of a
transport group in Angeles City, Pampanga province (83 kms. north of
Manila) yesterday morning.
Sr. Cecile Ruiz,
coordinator of Karapatan-Central Luzon (Alliance for the Advancement of
Human Rights) said that at 11 a.m. yesterday, a joint team of soldiers
of the 56th and 69th Infantry Battalions and the
Philippine National Police barged into the house of Archie de Jesus in
Malabanias village, Angeles City where those arrested were having a
meeting.
Ruiz identified the
arrested as Ernesto Gonzales Lipio, 41, married, of Muzon village, San
Jose del Monte, Bulacan, William Aguilar, 30, married, of Lourdes Sur
village, Joe Bernardino, 44, of Trinidad Village, both in Angeles City,
Jose Ramos, 44, married, an engineer of Mabiga village, Mabalacat town
in Pampanga, Fernando Poblacion, 42, single of Tarlac city, Tarlac
province, Jay Francis Aquino, 25 and single of Guisad, Baguio city, and
De Jesus, the owner of the house.
Lipio is a leader
of Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide
(Piston) in Bulacan, and a member of the Piston National Council, while
Aguilar is also a Piston-Central Luzon leader and organizer of the
Kilusang Mayo Uno. The five others were also members and organizers of
Piston.
Ruiz said De Jesus
said the arresting men led by PNP Supt. Policarpio Segubre of PNP
Angeles City, did not have a warrant of arrest, and yet forced
themselves into De Jesus’ house. The victims were forced to board a Delica van and were detained at
the headquarters of the 174th PNP command in Brgy. Sto.
Domingo, Angeles City.
Families of the seven were still not
allowed to see or talk to them. Bulatlat
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