Mayor says he has no private army
By Carla P. GomezA town mayor in Negros Occidental has warded off allegations that he maintains a private army, saying his men have licensed firearms.
A town mayor in Negros Occidental has warded off allegations that he maintains a private army, saying his men have licensed firearms.
Civil society groups challenged Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to dismantle a Sulu militia that the groups said had become a private army of the province’s governor, Abdusakur Tan.
Member of a private armed group in Zamboanga del Sur, who included a local barangay captain, were arrested and disarmed, police said Friday.
The Philippine National Police is bracing for the resurgence of private armed groups as next year’s mid-term election draws near.
BOGO City Mayor Celestino “Junie” Martinez said the City of Bogo’s Anti-Criminality Task Force (CBACTF) is an augmentation force in the city’s fight against crime and not a private army. In the 888 News Forum last Tuesday, Martinez said CBACTF reinforced the limited number of policemen that monitors incidents of crime. Martinez said CBACTF members [...]
An investigator of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) said the group of anti-crime volunters in the Fuente police station was unique and acted “on their own.”
