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UP student leader accused of being a terrorist

/ 05:15 AM September 05, 2023

A rights group on Monday condemned the “vicious weaponization of the Anti-Terrorism Act” against young activists after a student leader in Laguna province was implicated by the military to be a terrorist.

Student leader John Peter Angelo “Jpeg” Garcia was accused of being a communist rebel in the affidavit of Sgt. Jean Claude Bajaro of the 59th Infantry Battalion, who filed a case against Southern Tagalog human rights worker Hailey Pecayo.

Pecayo is facing charges of violating the Anti-Terrorism Act and the domestic legislation on International Humanitarian Law.

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According to the witnesses, Garcia—a student from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and a nominee for Student Regent—was an operative with an alias, “Tango.”

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Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said the false imputation of Garcia’s identity was “feared to have dangerous implications on his life and security.”

“The trumped-up charges and false allegations these young activists are facing [are intended] to suppress efforts to expose the brutality of the Marcos Jr. regime’s counterinsurgency war,” Palabay said. INQ

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