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Groups condemn murder of doctor and husband, highlight dangers of red-tagging
MANILA – Progressive groups expressed strong condemnation over the killing of red-tagged doctor Mary Rose Genisan Sancelan and her husband Edwin in Carmen Ville Subdivision, barangay Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Dec. 15.
Sancelan is the head of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Guihulngan City. Her name was included in the so-called hit list of a local anti-communist vigilante group Kagubak, which was also involved in red-tagging several organizations and individuals in Negros. Before Sancelan, five others in the list were killed between 2018 and 2019.
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos
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The prelate said this following the
Bishop Alminaza said their brutal murder come hours after the release of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) document “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2020,” which is a step further in their collective desire to end the systematic and uncontrolled killings.
“This is unwelcoming of the spirit of the Season of Christmas,” Alminaza said in a statement.
“Dr. Sancelan was branded, villified, red-tagged, and now, executed, by the ruthless pawns of the enablers of ‘systematic killings’ in this country. Her only crime, much like the soon-to-be born-infant Jesus in a manger, was her unselfish service to the poor people of Guihulngan both as a ‘barrio doctor’ and as ‘defender of the poor, ” he added.