Military blames NPA for human rights violations By Mario J. Mallari 12/10/2011

Military blames NPA for human rights violations

By Mario J. Mallari 12/10/2011

The military yesterday blamed the communist New People’s Army (NPA) for at least 212 human rights violations in Southern Luzon and Northern Mindanao regions, directed not only against government targets but also civilians and private business establishments.

Army 4th Infantry Division (ID) spokesman Maj. Eugenio Julio Osias IV said that from the period of January to November this year, the 4th ID accounted 154 human rights violations perpetrated by the NPA’s three regional front committees operating in Northern Mindanao region.

Osias said that the NPA’s North-Central Mindanao Regional Party Committee committed the most number of atrocities with 64, mostly targeting innocent civilians and private businesses..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111210nat1.html