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Army got list, warns public on funding NPA

Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III -1001st Infantry Brig., Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol - Eastmincom, and Maj. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr. -10th Infantry Division.


DAVAO DE ORO, January 10 (PIA) - - Army officials warned companies and persons financing the New People’s Army (NPA) saying that they will soon be charged against violating the Anti-Terrorism Act, and Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act.


 Brigadier General Jesus Durante III, commander of the 1001st Infantry Brigade, revealed on a press conference that subversive documents found in the back packs of the neutralized NPA leaders and members showed list of companies and persons, some in codes, with certain amounts believed to be the accounting of the NPA extortion activities.


“Based on the records na nakuha namin, in one of those backpacks, recently from January to June (2021), the figures reached to PhP 20 million plus. Naka indicate pa dun kung saan galing, anong company galing,” said BGen Durante. (Based on the records we got, in one of those backpacks, recently from January to June (2021), the figures reached to PhP 20 million plus. It indicated where it came from, what company it came from.)


Although Durante did not mention any name of person or company, he said that they will still verify and validate the said list.


Major General Ernesto Torres Jr. said that they were surprised with the documents as they have only monitored a total of PhP 1.4 million on the NPA’s extortion activities last year.


Torres said that they have consulted with the Legal Cooperation Cluster of the Davao Region Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) on how the documents can be used against those companies and persons financing the terrorist group.


“Aside from the document, we have former rebels now who are willing to convert their knowledge and experiences as to who are supporting the terrorist group into judicial affidavits (JA). And I think these JAs would stand up in court.”


It can be recalled that the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) as terrorist organizations under Resolution Numbers 12 and 21 respectively.


According to Sections 4 and 12 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, any person providing material support to terrorist individual or group shall be liable as principal and suffer the penalty of life imprisonment without the benefit of parole.


Likewise, Section 8 of the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act states that any person who makes available any property or funds, or financial services or other related services to designated and or identified terrorist person or organization shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua, and a fine of PhP 500,000 to PhP 1 million. (PIA 11, Michael Uy)

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