Trial awaits the six persons who were tagged as communist rebels and arrested last March 3 by the military in Mabinay town, Negros Oriental. The Negros Oriental Provincial Prosecutor’s Office found sufficient basis to indict the respondents on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. ADVERTISEMENTThe charges were set to be filed at the Regional Trial Court in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental which has jurisdiction over crimes committed in Mabinay town. The respondents were arrested in what the Army‘s 62nd Infantry Battalion said was a shootout in the hinterlands of Mabinay town on March 3. Grace said Myles and the other respondents were in Negros Oriental for an immersion program with the farmers there on the day they were arrested.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 14, 2018 12:11 UTC