Victorious NPA offensives:
Ambush on Congresswoman Sato, a stern warning

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The NPA confronted a congressional candidate on March 3 because of her deliberate disregard of the New People's Army's advisory not to bring armed bodyguards into revolutionary territory.

The NPA ambushed Congresswoman Josephine Sato, another politician with her, and three armed bodyguards from the Occidental Mindoro PNP as their vehicle entered Barangay Alacaak, Sta. Cruz.

In a statement, Lucio de Guzman Command (NPA-Mindoro) spokesperson Ka Higom Magarang said that they had already sent word to politicians in the island not to bring in forces from the military, police, paramilitary units or private armies while campaigning in revolutionary territory.

If Sato had not brought armed forces with her, it would have been possible just to have a simple dialogue, said Magarang. But Sato arrogantly said that the NPA would not be able to do anything, what with the concentration of military troops in the province.

Sato is running for governor of Occidental Mindoro under Arroyo's Lakas-Christian-Muslim Democrats party.

07 March 2004
English Edition

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