DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 04 Jun) – Communist insurgents executed a farmer on suspicion he was pushing drugs and beating his wife in the southern Philippines, police said on Monday.
The 34-year old farmer was allegedly killed by musketry in the village of Darapuay in Bansalan town in Davao del Sur province, a known stronghold of the New People’s Army rebels.
The execution occurred at the weekend and it sent a chilling warning to villagers that rebels will not tolerate the proliferation of illegal drugs and abuse on women.
Police said at least two gunmen were involved in the murder of Antonio Balbiran.
No other details about the man’s illegal activities were available and none of his relatives and family would want to give a statement about the killing.
The NPA is known to kill criminals and rebels have been involved in the past in the disappearance of many civilians suspected as government spy. (Romy Bwaga)
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