Soldiers of the 62nd IB abducted and deliberately killed farmer Rolito Tanillo in Barangay Tala-on, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on February 10, at 7 p.m. Soldiers reportedly took him from his house and brought him to another location to be killed.

The soldiers then falsely claimed that Tanillo was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA). They fired indiscriminately to stage a fake battle. This extremely terrorized the villagers.

A few days before the killing, the 62nd IB illegally arrested civilians on January 29 and 31 in Central Negros.

In Barangay Linantuyan, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, 70-year-old Naring Remasog was arrested without clear grounds. Until now, the family cannot ascertain where the soldiers took the victim and what his condition is.

In Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, Bobet Carillo was arrested on January 29. His wife and child were forced to dig the ground under their house to search for weapons Carillo allegedly hid there. Furthermore, Carillo was forcibly made to guide combat operations in adjacent towns near Binalbagan.

On February 18, residents of Hacienda Tres Hermanos in Barangay Luna, Cadiz City reported the influx of Scout Rangers from the 79th IB into their community. They raided the home of the association chairman and subjected him to interrogation.

Harassment. In Cordillera, Kilusang Mayo Uno-Cordillera spokesperson Mike Cabangon was charged with violating “terrorism financing.” On February 15, Cabangon received a complaint filed by the police against him for two incidents of allegedly violating “terrorism financing.”

Cabangon is the 12th progressive individual in Northern Luzon charged with fabricated complaints related to terrorism financing.

In Iloilo, Anakbayan-West Visayas State University (WVSU) reported its confrontation with a member of the Student Intelligence Network (SIN) under the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) who was posing as a university student and spying on their organization. The said individual admitted to his spying activities against members of Anakbayan-WVSU as ordered by ROTC.