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JTF-Bicolandia: Absalons deserve justice, not mere apology
The Joint Task Force-Bicolandia (JTF-Bicolandia) has called on the New People's Army (NPA) to surrender the individuals responsible for the landmine attack that killed college football player Kieth Absalon and his relative in Masbate City.
JTF-Bicolandia commander Major General Henry Robinson Jr. stated that the surrender of the perpetrators would be a genuine sign of remorse from the NPA.
Robinson emphasized that the Absalon family deserves justice, not just an apology, for the violent incident.
The CPP and NPA had previously expressed regret, attributing the attack to "errors of an NPA unit."
However, Robinson suggested that the apology was only issued because Kieth Absalon was a public figure, implying that victims in similar past incidents were ignored.
He also accused the CPP-NPA of violating laws with their use of landmines against both government troops and civilians.
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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA) took responsibility for the deaths of Kieth Absalon and his cousin Nolven in a landmine incident in Masbate.
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PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar has criticized the CPP-NPA for their failure to surrender the perpetrators of a landmine attack in Masbate that resulted in the deaths of Kieth Absalon and his cousin.
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The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged the New People's Army (NPA) to identify and surrender the individuals responsible for the landmine blast in Masbate that resulted in the deaths of two cousins.
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The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has strongly condemned the use of anti-personnel landmines by the New People's Army (NPA) following the deaths of football player Keith Absalon and his cousin Nolven.
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Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez stated that the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army must hold accountable those responsible for the anti-personnel mine blast that killed Kieth Absalon and his cousin.
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