A Philippine National Police (PNP) intelligence asset was killed in an armed action by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Northern Negros (Roselyn Jean Pelle Command) on the evening of June 5. The NPA meted the death penalty in accordance with an order of the people’s court against Momarlito Alingasa in Sitio Pison, Barangay Minautok, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.

According to the people’s army, Alingasa fired at Red fighters who carried out the armed action. Illegal drugs, money, a .45 pistol, and a magazine was confiscated from his possession. An ID proving his membership with the PNP Force Multipliers’ Community Information Service Support Group was also recovered.

NPA-Northern Negros spokesperson Ka Cecil Estrella said Alingasa committed various crimes against the Negrosanon masses and the revolutionary movement. She said the people’s court found him to be an active intelligence asset, guilty of cases of murder, harassment of residents, carabao killing, rape, and selling of illegal drugs.

His notorious cases include the killing of a peasant in Sitio Vergara, Barangay Bug-ang, Toboso on orders of landlord Baby Lumayno; harassment of residents in Barangay Marcello; massacre of the masses’ carabaos in Sitio Minauyahan, Barangay Minautok; and the killing of an activist leader known as “Bador” from Sitio Makatagak in Minautok. Estrella added that the drugs confiscated from Alingasa prove that soldiers and police are “complicit in the sale and spread of illegal drugs.”

In an interview with local media, Calatrava Municipal Police Station chief Police Captain Jesus Alba identified Alingasa as an “active supporter” of the National Task Force-Elac. Alba also claimed that Alingasa was on the local police “drug watch list” and a “target of police operations” in an attempt to erase their connection to him.

Alba also admitted that they were only able to enter Barangay Minautok long after the NPA-Northern Negros armed action because they feared being hit by the army. They reportedly sought assistance and escort from the Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company to enter the area.

“The NPA will not stop delivering justice to the victims of the butchers of the ruling exploiting class, the reactionary government, and the mercenary AFP and PNP,” Estrella concluded.