Fascist state on a rampage:
NPA to investigate Esperat's murder

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New People's Army-Far South Mindanao spokesperson Ka Efren announced that the NPA in the region will investigate the wanton killing of journalist Marlene Garcia Esperat on March 24 in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat.

In a statement dated March 29, Ka Efren named some of the big-time personalities to be investigated as Arthur Yap, former administrator and now secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA); the brothers Lino and Roncal Montilla, local government officials in Tacurong; and Supt. Willie Dagane, Gen. Santos City police chief. Esperat not only openly assailed them in her writings, she also filed cases against them.

One of the cases she filed with the ombudsman involved overpricing by the DA officials of fertilizer purchased by the government in 2003. The government officials raked in over P432 million from the deal. She also exposed the DA for pouring funds into ghost projects in Cotabato, and the collusion between a private contractor and DA officials to overprice speedboats bought by the department.

This year, Esperat likewise charged Cong. Prospero Pichay and DA undersecretary Cesar Drilon (nephew of Sen. Franklin Drilon) with smuggling P23 million worth of chicken in collaboration with DA officials.

07 April 2005
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