CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — “She did not resist arrest although she was surprised to see her arrest warrant”
This was how Maj. Evan Vias, the city police spokesperson, described Renalyn Tejero, the paralegal officer of the human rights group Karapatan, during her arrest by at least three police units just as she was waking up at 5 a.m. on Sunday (March 21).
Tejero is facing charges of murder and attempted murder for the killing of two tribal leaders on March 19, 2020, according to Maj. Dorothy Tumulak, Caraga regional police spokesperson.
Tumulak was referring to tribal leaders Datu Bernandino M. Astudillo and Zaldy Acidillo Ybaez, who were held by the c…
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