"Jabidah"

Episode on February 26, 2009 Thursday night after Saksi More than a hundred men… Brought to the southern part of the Philippines to be secretly trained in guerrilla tactics… The year was 1967 and their mission was to infiltrate and invade Sabah, Malaysia. But early in the morning of March 18, 1968, something happened. Join Kara David relive what has been dubbed as the Jabidah Massacre, the horrific incident said to have reawakened the Bangsamoro people and provided the spark for the formation of the Moro National Liberation Front. Listen to Jibin Arula, the lone survivor of the massacre, recount how he was able to escape and tell the world his story. Based on his account, journey to the past in a dramatization of events under the helm of indie filmmaker Onin Tagaro. What happened in the months before that fateful morning where at least 28 lives were lost? Find out on Case Unclosed this Thursday, after Saksi.

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Mahigit isang daang kalalakihan… Dinala sa katimugang bahagi ng Pilipinas para sanayin sa pakikipaglaban… Taong 1967 noon at ang kanilang misyon ay pasukin at sakupin ang Sabah, Malaysia. Pero noong madaling araw ng March 18, 1968, may masamang nangyari. Samahan si Kara David na magbalik-tanaw sa tinaguriang Jabidah Massacre, ang insidenteng sinasabing gumising sa mga Bangsamoro at naging mitsa ng pagkakabuo ng Moro National Liberation Front. Pakinggan si Jibin Arula, ang nag-iisang nakaligtas sa masaker, na ibahagi kung paano siya nakatakas at maibunyag sa mundo ang kaniyang kuwento. Base sa kaniyang pagsasalaysay, balikan ang mga pangyayari sa pamamagitan ng pagsasadulang dinirihe ni indie filmmaker Onin Tagaro. Ano ang nangyari sa mga buwan bago ang malagim na umagang iyon kung saan hindi bababa sa dalawampu’t walong buhay ang nagwakas? Tunghayan sa Case Unclosed ngayong Huwebes, pagkatapos ng Saksi.