MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-eight members of urban poor group Kadamay who tried to reoccupy a private property in Quezon City were ordered to pay fines of P200 each after being found guilty of other forms of trespassing.
In its ruling dated Monday, Feb. 22, Branch 43 of the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court did not pronounce a jail sentence for the accused, taking into consideration that their action might have been spurred by self-preservation.
The Kadamay members were involved in an attempted takeover in April 2017 of a private lot on Apollo Street in Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City, — the same property where they were evicted from in June 2016.
The court did not ag…
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