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NPA admits ‘arresting’ Davao City woman
MANILA, Philippines - The communist New Peopleâs Army (NPA) command under Leoncio Pitao a.k.a. Kumander Parago claimed responsibility for abducting a 21-year-old woman in Paradise Embac, Paquibato District in Davao City last Friday. Online news site Mindanao Daily Mirror reported NPA political director Ka Simon Santiago said Elenisa âTata" Garcia, 21, was âarrested" at 7 p.m. last March 20. Santiago told a local Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) station Garcia was arrested for âcrimes she had committed" against the underground movement. He said Garcia was involved in intelligence work and had been reporting of the NPAâs location activities to the Military Intelligence Battalion (MIB). Garcia was also instrumental in the identification of civilians who had connections with the NPA, he added. Santiago said Garcia is now in an NPA detention cell but assured her family that her rights would be respected. He said Garcia has the right to be represented by a lawyer during her trial. Paquibato police precinct commander Senior Inspector Dave Liboon earlier said two armed men arrived at Garciaâs residence posing as customers in their sari-sari store. Liboon said the men insisted on buying some items from the store, but when Garciaâs brother opened the door they introduced themselves as NPA members and said they wanted to talk to Garcia. When the brother appealed to the suspects not to harm his sister, they pulled out their guns and brought Garcia to a waiting motorcycle. Eastern Mindanao Command spokesman Major Randolph Cabangbang lambasted the NPA for taking Garcia since she is a woman. âThey are not trained to investigate. They are not lawyers. They donât have detention facilities, considering she was a woman," Cabangbang said. - GMANews.TV
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