Author: DAVAO TODAY

PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines

CPP belies child soldier tag on 9-year old girl killed by soldiers
April 7, 2007

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today condemned the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for killing a nine year old girl in Compostela Valley last March 31 and covering up their heinous crime by claiming that the victim was an “11-year old child soldier of the NPA.”

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URGENT ALERT

UA Date: 5 April 2007
UA Title: Nine-year old child killed by soldiers in Compostela Valley Province, Philippines
UA Case: Summary Execution
Victim/s: GRACEL GALACIO
?P 9 years old
?P Female, daughter of Gregorio and Virginia Galacio
?P A resident of Purok-6, Baragay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province, Philippines
?P Second Grade Pupil at the Simsimin Elementary School, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province, Philippines
Place of Incident: Purok-6, Barangay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province, Philippines
Date of Incident: 31 March 2007, at around 8:00 in the morning
Alleged Perpetrators: More or less 30 armed military elements belonging to the 8th Infantry Battalion of
the Philippine Army led by 2nd Lt. Francis John Gabawa, platoon commanding officer

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PRESS RELEASE
April 8, 2007
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines

CPP urges UNICEF to join probe of killing of 9-year old’s slay by military

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today urged the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as well as other human rights and children’s rights agencies to forge a team to probe the March 31 killing by the Philippine Army of a 9-year old child in a Compostela Valley barrio.

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