Wednesday, February 28, 2007

MALAYA: Mindanao media men decry AFP surveillance

Intimidation tactics? From the Malaya:

On Feb. 14 in Salay, Misamis Oriental, soldiers reportedly belonging to the Army’s 8th Infantry Battalion took full-face photos of five media men who were covering the burial of peasant leader Dalmacio Gandinao, the second militant leader slain in Misamis Oriental and in the Northern Mindanao region (Region 10).

Gandinao’s burial was also attended by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo and other regional and local leaders of Karapatan, Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and the Misamis Oriental Farmers Association.

Pictures showing the soldiers taking photos using cellphone cameras were published. But Maj. Gen. Jose Barbieto, commander of the 4th Infantry Division, denied his men were involved in the surveillance.

So yung mga uma-attend ng mga funeral ng mga pinatay na aktibista kinukunan ng photographs ng mga military? Methinks hindi lang mga mediamen ang target dito.

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