News:
Peasants demand abusive troops pullout from Negros

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Peasants from Barangays Kalupaan, Trinidad and Mani-ak in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental demanded the immediate pullout of abusive military, police and paramilitary forces from their area.

According to Kaugmaon-KMP, a peasant organization in Guihulngan, violence against civilians has worsened since the encounter between the AFP and the New People�s Army on June 12 in Barangay Tacpao, Guihulngan where a soldier and two Red fighters were killed. The peasants identified the abusive troops as those belonging to the 11th and 12th IB, the PNP regional mobile group and the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB).

Kaugmaon-KMP assailed the fear and aggravation wrought by the military�s constant surveillance of farmers whom the AFP claims are peasant leaders included in the military�s order of battle. Consequently, said Kaugmaon, the peasants are no longer able to earn a living because they fear going to their farms. The peasants also condemned the soldiers for destroying their crops and entering their homes without permission.

21 July 2004
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