ComVal Farmers Decry Harassment, Burning of Houses

By BJ Absin
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY � Farmers in Mabini town, Compostela Valley province, have accused the military of burning their houses and of harassing them afterward, allegedly for their failure to provide information on the communist New People�s Army.

Four farmers — Benjamin diola, Gabriel Ugapan, Dionesio Granada and Montano Anoda � from sitio (hamlet) Darot, barangay (village) Libudon in Mabini town complained last week to the human-rights group Karapatan that elements of the 28^th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army razed their houses and belongings during military operations on March 9.

This is what remained of one of the houses burned down allegedly by elements of the military. (Contributed photo)

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