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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. 10, April 9, 2006
Abducted Youth Leader
under NOLCOM Custody BY
ABNER BOLOS
Gitnang Luson News Service Posted
10:00 p.m., Apr. 9, 2006
TARLAC CITY — Ronald Intal, the
youth leader in Hacienda Luisita who was abducted allegedly by government troops
and has been missing since April 3 may be alive and in the custody of the
Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM).
Gonzalo Intal, 79, father of the
missing youth told GLNS that his family sought the assistance of Tarlac City
vice mayor Teresita Cabal who informed them that his son was being held by
NOLCOM personnel and may be released once Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan gives the
go-signal.
"Ayaw pa siyang pakawalan ni Gen.
Palparan dahil hindi pa daw tapos ang appointment niya (Gen. Palparan will not
release him yet because his appointment is not yet over), the elder Intal quoted
Cabal as saying.
Gonzalo and his wife Lourdes talked
with Cabal last April 8 to seek help in finding his son who has been missing
after he was allegedly abducted by soldiers in Barangay Balete at noon on April
3.
Witnesses said Intal was brought to
the Aqua Farm, a former fish breeding station in Barangay Balete now being used
as headquarters of soldiers belonging to the 70th IB, 7th ID headed by Major
Gen. Jovito Palparan.
Intal, 24, a resident of Barangay
Asturias, Tarlac City is a leader of the Samahan ng mga Kabataang Demokratiko sa
Asyenda Luisita (SAKDAL or Association of Democratic Youth in Hacienda Luisita)
and the Anak ng Bayan (Sons and Daughters of the People) party in the
strife-torn sugar estate owned by the family of former president Corazon
Cijuangco-Aquino.
Intal's relatives said soldiers at
the Aqua Farm have denied taking him into custody and their attempts to locate
him brought no results until they sought the assistance of the city vice mayor.
The elder Intal said Cabal will try
to present witnesses to NOLCOM officials and persuade Gen. Palparan to release
his son. GLNS/Bulatlat © 2006 Bulatlat
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