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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. 17, June 8, 2006
4 Young Quezon
Farmers Nabbed, Charged with Rebellion
BY BULATLAT Four young farmers are now facing
charges of rebellion at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gumaca town in
Quezon province, Dorris Cuario, secretary-general of the human rights
group Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples’
Rights)-Southern Tagalog said in a text message. Jefferson Paraiso, 15, Kennedy Avillo, 14,
Joey Imperial, 14 and Elmer Imperial, 19, were arrested by soldiers belonging to
the 76th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Barangay
Pisipis, same town, while gathering coconuts at around 6 a.m. yesterday. Cuario said the young farmers were then
forced to carry the bodies of soldiers who were either killed or wounded in an
alleged encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas in a neighboring
village. The four young farmers and the bodies of the
soldiers were then boarded into a truck, Cuario added. It was not known as of
press time where the soldiers’ bodies were brought.
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Posted 2:27 P.M., June 8, 2006