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Palparan, who<br />
is now in hiding<br />
in relation to the<br />
disappearance<br />
of activist Karen<br />
Empeno and Shirley<br />
Cadapan, threatened<br />
them.<br />
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frightened companions nearby to regroup. At the time they were<br />
waiting for the arrival of their companions who were attending<br />
a symposium at the nearby Philippine normal university (Pnu).<br />
however, Colonel Rosales grabbed his megaphone and ordered<br />
his men “walanghiya kasi yang lider nila, nang-uupat! Damputin<br />
na ‘yan! (Shame on their leaders, arrest them!)”.<br />
On October 17, the complainants filed charges of police<br />
brutality and physical injuries against Chief Supt. and several<br />
other policemen at the ChR in Quezon City. They also sought<br />
redress for violation of their rights to peaceably assemble and to<br />
freedom of expression. On November 19, they also filed criminal<br />
complaints against the same policemen with the Office of the<br />
Prosecutor in manila.<br />
Story 62: Threats against four activists subject to<br />
overt surveillance<br />
Victims:<br />
1. Roman Polintan, 54, married with three children, of Longos,<br />
Bulacan, chairperson of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan<br />
(Bayan) “New Patriotic Alliance”, the regional coordinator for<br />
a political party Bayan Muna in Central Luzon<br />
2. Joseph Canlas, 46, married with two children, of Arayat,<br />
Mexico, Pampanga, chairperson for Alyansa ng Magbubukid<br />
sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) “Peasant Alliance in Central<br />
Luzon”, regional coordinator for Anakpawis in the region<br />
3. Angelina Ladera, 40, married with two children, of Barangay<br />
Balete, Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac, chairperson of the Workers’<br />
Alliance in Region III in the region<br />
4. Jovelyn Suson, 31, staff member of Bayan in the region<br />
Alleged perpetrators: Six unidentified men. Four men riding on<br />
two different motorcycles - one motorcycle had a license plate<br />
number OH 5948 while the other was a Kawasaki model red<br />
in color<br />
Date of incident: 20 September 2007 at 12:30pm<br />
Place of incident: Sto. Rosario Street, Angeles City<br />
AHRC -UA-271-2006; AHRC-UP-137-2007; AHRC-<br />
UA-271-2006<br />
On 17 August 2006, the AHRC first reported that activists<br />
Roman Polintan and Joseph Canlas were previously threatened in<br />
public by major general Jovito Palparan Jr., former commander<br />
of the 7th Infantry Division, PA. Palparan, who is now in hiding<br />
in relation to the disappearance of activist Karen Empeno and<br />
Shirley Cadapan threatened them in a report published on August<br />
14 in the Philippine Star, a national daily newspaper, saying: “I<br />
want Roman Polintan and Joseph Canlas out of Central Luzon”.<br />
To Polintan and Canlas, Palparan’s remarks “constitute a grave<br />
threat to the lives of [their] regional leaders”. The groups have had<br />
experience of the violence that Palparan and his soldiers used<br />
article 2 � June-Sept 2012 Vol. 11, No. 2-3
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