Negros NPA extorted P27M in 2011:
CAMP PERALTA, Capiz, Philippines—The military in Western Visayas on Thursday admitted that extortion remains a rampant practice by communist rebels in the region, raking in P27 million last year.
"That’s a continuing practice here. One of the biggest sources of extortion money are the hacienderos, the sugar planters of Negros," said Major General Jose Mabanta Jr., commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
"They (rebels) get a lot in terms of revolutionary taxation [that’s why] they would never want to leave Negros," he said, also referring to Semirara coal mining.
Mabanta said that in 2011, the NPA guerrillas in Negros collected about P27 million in extortion money....
Keep on reading: Negros NPA extorted P27M in 2011
CAMP PERALTA, Capiz, Philippines—The military in Western Visayas on Thursday admitted that extortion remains a rampant practice by communist rebels in the region, raking in P27 million last year.
"That’s a continuing practice here. One of the biggest sources of extortion money are the hacienderos, the sugar planters of Negros," said Major General Jose Mabanta Jr., commander of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
"They (rebels) get a lot in terms of revolutionary taxation [that’s why] they would never want to leave Negros," he said, also referring to Semirara coal mining.
Mabanta said that in 2011, the NPA guerrillas in Negros collected about P27 million in extortion money....
Keep on reading: Negros NPA extorted P27M in 2011
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