Suspected Gov’t Agents Shoot, Abduct Moro from Tagum

Karapatan, the human-rights group, has reported that a member of the party-list group Suara Bangsamoro was shot and kidnapped by hooded armed men believed to be government agents at 2 in the morning today. According to Karapatan, this was the second time that Camili was abducted. In April 2003, he was taken by the Military Intelligence Group on suspicion of involvement in that year’s bombing of the Sasa Wharf. A Davao court dismissed the case against Camili for lack of evidence. He was again implicated in the 2004 Ecoland bombing but that, too, was dismissed by the court. Karapatan said Camili was falsely accused each time.

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Compostela union leader, 3 others critically wounded by gunshots

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December 15, 2006

Compostela union leader, 3 others critically wounded by gunshots

Vicente “Boy” Barrios, president of the Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA-NAFLU-KMU) and three other workers were shot at around 5:30 early this morning. The workers were on their way to work when unidentified men held them at gunpoint and open fired at them.

The workers were rushed to Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City for immediate medical attention. As of this writing, two of the victims are in critical condition while Barrios sustained bullet wounds but is able to talk.

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