The 12th infantry battalion is sowing terror in communities of Janiuay, Iloilo in Central Panay with their ceaseless military operations that started last August 5. According to a report from the NPA-Jose Percival Estocada Jr. Command, the criminals have carried out rights violations in communities. The criminal battalion have detained, interrogated, and forced two farmers to guide them in a military operation on the first week of August. One of the farmers was beaten while his hands were restrained behind his back and was stripped naked. They also falsely accused five more farmers to be members of NPA and threatened to kill them. They also ransacked four houses, stomped through farms and destroyed crops.

The terrorism of the 12th infantry battalion in Central Panay must be probed by independent human rights organizations. Duterte’s military must stop their incursions of peaceful and Covid-free communities.