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21st IB harass Kalinga farmer

TABUK, Kalinga (Apr. 11) — A miner from Mankayan, Benguet was harassed and beaten by elements of the 21st Infantry Battalion based in Cagaluan, Pasil, Kalinga province on March 28 at around 1:30 p.m.

Alexander Binalay, 40 years old, and an employee of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) was on his way to a niece’s graduation in Tanglag, Lubuagan town on that day. He also intended to have a few days vacation, he said.

In a fact sheet prepared by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA)-Kalinga Human Rights Desk, Binalay was resting in waiting shed near the 21st IB detachment in Cagaluan before hiking towards Tanglag when a Lt. Pascual, Lt. Del Rosario and a Msgt. Urnosan approached him and started pummeling him with punches and rifle butts.

Pascual, Del Rosario and Urnosan accused Binalay of attending a New People’s Army (NPA) anniversary in the province. The NPA’s founding anniversary is March 29. The military men only stopped beating Binalay when he presented his employee’s identification.

The complete names of the perpetrators are not yet known as of presstime. # NORDIS-Kalinga

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