KMP: Farmer tortured, killed in Burias Islands

1/20/2008 05:36:00 AM

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Friday condemned the killing of a farmer and their local leader in Masbate who was supposed to join the commemoration of the Mendiola Massacre in Burias Island.

KMP chairman Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano said police killed Teldo Rebamonte, 45-years-old of the Masbate People’s Organization.

“We have witnesses to prove that it is the 5th Regional Mobile Group of the Philippine National Police who were the ones who abducted him on January 12 then killed Ka Teldo last January 16. His body was found bruised and shows signs of torture at the hinterlands of Barangay Nabasagan, Concepcion in Claveria, Burias Island,” said Mariano.
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