MANILA, Philippines–Residents of Muntinlupa City decried the sudden move of the Bureau of Corrections to erect concrete walls on their access road to the city proper, saying the prisons agency essentially locked them up.
Tensions rose between BuCor personnel and residents of Southville 3, a social housing project of the National Housing Authority inaugurated in 2002, in Barangay Poblacion after they woke up on Saturday with several portions of the Insular Prison Road already blockaded.
At least three obstructions were reported by residents — two of which were made with metal fixtures, and one beside the arc of Southville 3 made up of hollow blocks six-feet high.
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