Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, the apprehension of a labor organizer during the service of a warrant of arrest for a frustrated homicide case issued by a local court on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Torre said Benjamin “Banjo” Cordero,
A redacted copy of the warrant posted by KMU orders the arrest of Taggaoa, Balbuena and another person for alleged violation of Article 148 of the Revised Penal Code.
Nagkaisa, the largest coalition of labor groups in the Philippines, denounced the recent arrest of two labor union officers, stressing that “police harassment and intimidations” on trade unions must be stopped.
Labor union leaders Kara Taggaoa and Larry Valbuena inside Camp Karingal on Monday, O
“The police personnel’s justification of their arrests along with other human rights defenders, is a blatant manifestation of weaponizing the law to silence and repress those who criticize the government’s failed pandemic response, corruption and trade union and human rights violations."