ADVERTISEMENTThe best they can doThe investigators also found that the policemen took money and other valuables from the farmers’ houses. Gen. Oscar Albayalde, the PNP chief, has said the three separate, military-backed raids were legitimate police operations, as these were backed by search warrants. He has also said the victims were either members or sympathizers of the communist New People’s Army and that some of them had participated in attacks on security forces in Negros Oriental. Shoot then plant evidenceThe fact-finding teams, however, learned that the policemen did not allow the farmers to see the supposed search warrants. For Canlaon, Manjuyod and Santa Catalina, the report said the police should have applied for warrants with a court in Negros Oriental, not Cebu.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 09, 2019 23:26 UTC