Luisita Youth Leader Abducted, Missing
BY
ABNER BOLOS
Gitnang Luson News Service
Posted by Bulatlat
Posted
3:16 p.m. April 4, 2006
Tarlac City—Ronald Intal, 24, a youth leader in Hacienda Luisita who was abducted by soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at noon yesterday remains missing.
United Luisita Workers Union (ULWU) president Rene Galang said Intal, a leader of the Samahan ng mga Kabataang Demokratiko sa Asyenda Luisita (SAKDAL or Hacienda Luisita Democratic Youth Association) was making charcoal near a tricyle terminal in Barangay Balete shortly after 11 a.m. when he was accosted by government troops and taken to military headquarters.
Witnesses said Intal was brought to the Aqua Farm, a former fish breeding station in Barangay Balete now being used by soldiers as headquarters.
Relatives of the victim were told by soldiers in Aqua Farm that Intal was not in their custody, Galang said.
Last April 2, Marcial Pilar, 35 an Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) party member, was arrested at about 1 pm in a videoke joint also in Barangay Balate.
Pilar was taken to a military detachment inside the village where he was interrogated before he was released at 6 p.m. on the same day.
Both arrests were done without warrants, Galang said.
He said soldiers belonging to the 70th IB, under the 7th ID headed by Maj. Gen. Jovito
Palparan are stationed in Barangay Balete. Posted by Bulatlat
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