Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, the apprehension of a labor organizer during the service of a warrant of arrest for a frustrated homicide case issued by a local court on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Torre said Benjamin “Banjo” Cordero,
Activists assert that red-tagging or terror tagging made by government officials and other state agents endangers the lives of their colleagues, lawyers and all those who are critical of the government. Many reports have also shown that red-tagged activists were slapped with trumped-up charges, or worse get killed or disappeared.
A redacted copy of the warrant posted by KMU orders the arrest of Taggaoa, Balbuena and another person for alleged violation of Article 148 of the Revised Penal Code.
Nagkaisa, the largest coalition of labor groups in the Philippines, denounced the recent arrest of two labor union officers, stressing that “police harassment and intimidations” on trade unions must be stopped.
Labor union leaders Kara Taggaoa and Larry Valbuena inside Camp Karingal on Monday, O