38 health workers moved to Camp Bagong Diwa

The military has finally moved 38 of the 43 health workers arrested for allegedly being members of the New People’s Army to a regular detention facility, the Armed Forces spokesperson said Saturday. Lt. Col. Arnulfo Burgos, military spokesperson, confirmed to GMANews.TV in a phone interview that the 38 health workers have been brought from Camp Capinpin in Rizal province to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Saturday at about 5 p.m. The 38 health workers were transferred by virtue of an order by acting Presiding Judge Amorfina Cerrado-Cesar of the Morong Regional Trial Court Branch 78. Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry Division, meanwhile said that Camp Bagong Diwa’s warden has already given the military the go-signal for the transfer of the detainees. The 38 health workers were supposed to be transferred to Camp Crame in Quezon City, but the Philippine National Police requested that they be transferred somewhere else, citing the “risks" of transferring the suspected rebels to the police facility in Quezon City. (See: 38 health workers still with military despite court order) At present, the 38 health workers are facing illegal possession of firearms and explosives The other five detainees remained at Camp Capindin, Detoyato said.—JV, GMANews.TV