DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 7, 2009) – The New People’s Army on Thursday took responsibility for the killing of a suspect in the murder of a rebel leader’s daughter in the southern Philippines.
It also admitted to killing three others who were working for the Philippine military and tagged as behind the murder of several political activists in Mindanao.
“Revolutionary punishment was served against Military Intelligence Battalion-Armed Forces of the Philippines assets Ruben Bitang, Macky Estremos, Marcelino Payot and Bobong Gambuta in separate dates since March this year. They were part of the 10th Infantry Division death squads based in Panabo City and Davao del Norte,” Rigoberto Sanchez, a rebel spokesman, said in a statement.
The rebels tagged Bitang as among those behind the murder of Rebelyn Pitao, 20, whose father Leoncio Pitao, alias Kumander Parago, is the leader of the NPA’s Pulang Bagani Command.
Pitao’s daughter was abducted in Davao City on March 4. Her naked body was found the next day floating in a shallow creek in the village of San Isidro in Davao del Norte’s Carmen town. Her family said the woman’s body bore torture marks and was believed raped.
The outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines said the murder of Pitao’s daughter highlights the Arroyo regime’s innumerable crimes against unarmed civilians who are invariably regarded by the military and its counter-insurgency strategists as combatants in the raging civil war.
The NPA said Bitang was the driver of the van used in the abduction of Pitao. His nephew, Army Sergeant Helvin Bitang, who is assigned with the Military Intelligence Group, was also among those accused by the rebels in the killing of Pitao.
Sanchez said members of the Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade carried out Bitang’s killing on May 3 in Panabo City.
He said NPA fighters killed Payot in Panabo City on April 14 and Gambuta on April 27, while Estremos was gunned down in Davao del Norte’s Carmen town late in March.
“The NPA in Southern Mindanao implemented the standing order against four intelligence and death squad operatives of the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for committing grave crimes against the revolutionary movement and the people,” he said.
Sanchez said the four men were military spies and members of death squad responsible for many killings of innocent civilians in Mindanao.
The military denied involvements in the killings.
Communist rebels broke off peace talks with Manila in 2004 after the United States on government's prodding listed the CPP and the NPA, including the National Democratic Front as foreign terrorist organizations and froze their assets abroad. (Mindanao Examiner)
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NPA kills suspect in murder of rebel leader's daughter
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 05, 2009) – Communist rebels gunned down a suspect in the brutal murder of a daughter of a senior guerrilla leader in the southern Philippines.
New People’s Army rebels killed Ruben Bitang in an attack over the weekend in Panabo City Davao del Norte province, the Mindanao Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday.
The rebels said Bitang was among those behind the murder of Rebelyn Pitao whose father Leoncio Pitao, is a senior guerrilla leader in Mindanao.
Pitao, 20, was abducted in Davao City on March 4. Her naked body was found the next day floating in a shallow creek in the village of San Isidro in Davao del Norte’s Carmen town. Her family said the body bore torture marks and was believed raped before she was stabbed in the chest.
Reports said Bitang was the driver of the van used in the abduction of the rebel leader’s daughter. Bitang’s nephew, Army Sergeant Helvin Bitang who is assigned with the Military Intelligence Group, was also among those accused by the rebels in the killing of Pitao.
The NPA took responsibility for the Bitang’s killing, saying, members of the Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade, carried out the attack.
Communist rebels last month vowed to seek to justice for the murder of Pitao, a teacher by profession who led a simple and quiet life with her family in Davao City.
Her father who is also known as Kumander Parago is the chieftain of the NPA’s Pulang Bagani Command. Pitao tagged 11 military intelligence agents as behind the murder.
The Army’s 10th Infantry Division and the Eastern Mindanao Command have repeatedly denied any involvements of soldiers to the murder. Police also put up Task Force Rebelyn which is investigating the killing of Pitao’s daughter.
But Pitao said the police task force is insignificant. “Its sole purpose is to do the bidding of the criminal Arroyo regime. It has only proven the public perception that it was hastily set up to instantly absolve the criminal agents of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP for masterminding and executing Rebelyn's abduction, torture, rape and murder,” he said.
“The Zarzuela of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) during the Commission on Human Rights public hearing and the lies it has propagated related to Rebelyn's death are just the tip of the rottenness of the AFP organization. The duplicity and criminal deeds of Arroyo's running dogs has long been exposed here in Southern Mindanao. It comes as no surprise that the rotten state is not on the people's side, but on the executioners, the killers, the minions of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP,” Pitao said.
The NPA has ordered the arrest of all those involved in the killing of the woman while the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) also held Arroyo and the AFP responsible for the murder.
The CPP said the murder of Pitao’s daughter highlights the Arroyo regime’s innumerable crimes against unarmed civilians who are invariably regarded by the military and its counter-insurgency strategists as combatants in the raging civil war.
Communist rebels broke off peace talks with Manila in 2004 after the United States on government's prodding listed the CPP and the NPA, including the National Democratic Front as foreign terrorist organizations and froze their assets abroad. (Mindanao Examiner)
New People’s Army rebels killed Ruben Bitang in an attack over the weekend in Panabo City Davao del Norte province, the Mindanao Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday.
The rebels said Bitang was among those behind the murder of Rebelyn Pitao whose father Leoncio Pitao, is a senior guerrilla leader in Mindanao.
Pitao, 20, was abducted in Davao City on March 4. Her naked body was found the next day floating in a shallow creek in the village of San Isidro in Davao del Norte’s Carmen town. Her family said the body bore torture marks and was believed raped before she was stabbed in the chest.
Reports said Bitang was the driver of the van used in the abduction of the rebel leader’s daughter. Bitang’s nephew, Army Sergeant Helvin Bitang who is assigned with the Military Intelligence Group, was also among those accused by the rebels in the killing of Pitao.
The NPA took responsibility for the Bitang’s killing, saying, members of the Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade, carried out the attack.
Communist rebels last month vowed to seek to justice for the murder of Pitao, a teacher by profession who led a simple and quiet life with her family in Davao City.
Her father who is also known as Kumander Parago is the chieftain of the NPA’s Pulang Bagani Command. Pitao tagged 11 military intelligence agents as behind the murder.
The Army’s 10th Infantry Division and the Eastern Mindanao Command have repeatedly denied any involvements of soldiers to the murder. Police also put up Task Force Rebelyn which is investigating the killing of Pitao’s daughter.
But Pitao said the police task force is insignificant. “Its sole purpose is to do the bidding of the criminal Arroyo regime. It has only proven the public perception that it was hastily set up to instantly absolve the criminal agents of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP for masterminding and executing Rebelyn's abduction, torture, rape and murder,” he said.
“The Zarzuela of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) during the Commission on Human Rights public hearing and the lies it has propagated related to Rebelyn's death are just the tip of the rottenness of the AFP organization. The duplicity and criminal deeds of Arroyo's running dogs has long been exposed here in Southern Mindanao. It comes as no surprise that the rotten state is not on the people's side, but on the executioners, the killers, the minions of the 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command-AFP,” Pitao said.
The NPA has ordered the arrest of all those involved in the killing of the woman while the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) also held Arroyo and the AFP responsible for the murder.
The CPP said the murder of Pitao’s daughter highlights the Arroyo regime’s innumerable crimes against unarmed civilians who are invariably regarded by the military and its counter-insurgency strategists as combatants in the raging civil war.
Communist rebels broke off peace talks with Manila in 2004 after the United States on government's prodding listed the CPP and the NPA, including the National Democratic Front as foreign terrorist organizations and froze their assets abroad. (Mindanao Examiner)
Hustisya para kay Rebelyn Pitao; NPA hit squad tumira sa Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 5, 2009) – Itinumba umano ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang isa sa mga pangunahing suspek sa pagpatay sa anak na dalaga ng isang mataas na lider nito sa Mindanao.
Nakilala ang biktima na si Ruben Bitang at binaril diumano ito ng mga NPA hitman kamakalawa sa Panabo City. Si Bitang ang umano’y driver ng sasakyan na ginamit sa pagdukot at pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao, 22, nuong Marso 4 sa Davao City, ayon sa pahayag ng rebeldeng grupo sa Mindanao Daily Mirror.
Si Rebelyn na isang guro at anak ni Leoncio Pitao, isa sa mga lider ng NPA sa Mindanao, ay dinukot habang papauwi ito sa kanilang bahay. Natagpuan ang bangkay nito kinabukasan sa bayan ng Carmen sa lalawigan ng Davao na walang saplot at may maraming pasa at saksak sa kanyang katawan at ginahasa pa umano.
Nabatid na si Bitang, na isang empleyado ng Panabo City Environment and Natural Resources Office, ay tiyuhin ni Army Sgt. Helvin Bitang na miyembro ng Military Intelligence Group (MIG). Sinabi ng NPA na kasama rin ang sundalo sa mahigit isang mga iba pa sa karumal-dumal na pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao.
Pauwi na si Bitang ng ito’y tambangan ng mga rebelde. Sinentensyahan ng NPA ang lahat ng mga may kinalaman sa pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao. (Mindanao Examiner)
Nakilala ang biktima na si Ruben Bitang at binaril diumano ito ng mga NPA hitman kamakalawa sa Panabo City. Si Bitang ang umano’y driver ng sasakyan na ginamit sa pagdukot at pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao, 22, nuong Marso 4 sa Davao City, ayon sa pahayag ng rebeldeng grupo sa Mindanao Daily Mirror.
Si Rebelyn na isang guro at anak ni Leoncio Pitao, isa sa mga lider ng NPA sa Mindanao, ay dinukot habang papauwi ito sa kanilang bahay. Natagpuan ang bangkay nito kinabukasan sa bayan ng Carmen sa lalawigan ng Davao na walang saplot at may maraming pasa at saksak sa kanyang katawan at ginahasa pa umano.
Nabatid na si Bitang, na isang empleyado ng Panabo City Environment and Natural Resources Office, ay tiyuhin ni Army Sgt. Helvin Bitang na miyembro ng Military Intelligence Group (MIG). Sinabi ng NPA na kasama rin ang sundalo sa mahigit isang mga iba pa sa karumal-dumal na pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao.
Pauwi na si Bitang ng ito’y tambangan ng mga rebelde. Sinentensyahan ng NPA ang lahat ng mga may kinalaman sa pagpatay kay Rebelyn Pitao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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