MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) assured on Wednesday the family of Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat that it had started investigating the alleged desecration of her daughter Jevilyn’s remains by some soldiers.
The lawmaker had complained to the CHR that soldiers posed for photographs with the body of her 22-year-old daughter like a “war trophy” after she was killed last Saturday, Nov. 28, in a clash in Surigao del Sur between the New People’s Army (NPA), in which she was a medic, and an Army Special Forces team.
“The CHR Caraga Regional Office has already launched a probe on the case of Cullamat. We promise to work closely with the family of the vic…
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