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They filed with the SC last Monday, February 22, a joint reiterative motion for the issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO).
They cited several recent incidents where, they claimed, the police or the military arrested persons, some of them petitioners in the 37 cases against ATA.
Among these incidents, they said, was the police arrest of Chad Errol Booc, a volunteer teacher, and Windel Bolinget, chair of the Cordillera People’s Alliance which is one of the ATA petitioners, at the retreat house of the University of San Carlos in Cebu City for allegedly “recruiting and exploiting minors to be trained as child warriors.”
In Parlade probe, AFP also looking into journalist’s alleged terror links – Sobejana
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 10) The investigation on Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr.’s social media posts red-tagging a news reporter will also determine whether the journalist is indeed a supporter of terrorist groups, the Armed Forces chief said Wednesday.
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Tama si Gen. Parlade na walang nangyayaring torture among the Aetas sa Zambales,” Lt. Gen. CIrilito Sobejana said in a media interview. “
Ang hindi pa natin mapatunayan yung pag-tag ni Gen. Parlade kay Ma’am Tupas na siya ay supporter ng teroristang grupo, he said.
AFP chief Sobejana says Parlade may face sanctions if alleged violations proven
Published February 10, 2021 6:31pm Southern Luzon Command chief Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. may face sanctions if the Armed Force of the Philippines finds that he violated the AFP s policies on public statements, Armed Forces of the Philippines Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana said on Wednesday. Parlade, who s also the spokesman of the multi-agency National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, recently apologized after he said in Facebook comment that a journalist could be penalized under the Anti-Terror Law for spreading what he called lies. Sobejana said he had ordered soldiers to observe due diligence in sharing information to the public amid accusations of red-tagging involving Parlade.
“Inatasan ko ‘yung aking chief ng Provost Marshall na makipagugnayan sa NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) particularly ‘yung strategic communication committee,” AFP chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said Tuesday. “Alamin kung ‘yung bang sinasabi ni General Parlade sa public ay with the blessing of the said committee,” he added.