ZAMBOANGA CITY—The four-member investigating team of the Regional Human Rights Commission (RHRC) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will subpoena “persons of interests” in the killing of seven Tausug men at Patikul town in Sulu on Sept. 14.
In a phone interview, lawyer Fatten Hinay, head of the RHRC investigation team, told the Inquirer probers were able to gather documents, interviews and affidavits on circumstances surrounding the killing of the seven men who, their relatives said, were mistaken for members of local terror group Abu Sayyaf.
No names
Since RHRC could not be certain about the names of those involved, Hinay said it would rely on military reports and summon leaders of teams involved in the clash with a group of Abu Sayyaf men that led to the killing of the seven.
Hinay said the commission would subpoena team leaders and the commanding officer of the Army in Sulu province.
“We are going to wait for the side of those accused,” she said.
“Whatever their defense, we are going to hear them,” Hinay added.