MANILA, Philippines — The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) welcome on Wednesday the release from jail of four Tumandok tribesmen who had been tagged as communist insurgents, but it asserted the need for holding accountable those responsible for such an “injustice.”
The tribesmen were among the 17 tribesmen arrested in simultaneous police-military raids on Panay Island on Dec. 30, 2020, during which nine tribesmen were also killed.
On Tuesday, July 13, Judge Rommel Leonor of Branch 21 of the Regional Trial Court Branch 21 in Mambusao, Capiz, ordered the release of the four tribesmen. In a separate resolution on June 15, Leonor quashed the arrest warrants, which were i…
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