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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) - The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Sunday apologized to the University of the Philippines alumni who were included in a list of alleged New People s Army recruits.
“We sincerely apologize for those who were inadvertently affected by inconsistencies regarding the List of Students who joined NPA (Died or Captured) that was posted in the AFP Information Exchange Facebook account,” read the statement.
“The Office of the J7, AFP is already conducting an internal investigation as to how the list got published. Personnel who are responsible will be held to account,” the AFP added.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines will apologize to a lawyer whom they included in a list of supposed members of an armed rebel group.
Military apologizes for inconsistencies in list of students who are allegedly NPAs
Published January 25, 2021 5:57am
Updated January 25, 2021 6:44am The Armed Forces of the Philippines Civil-Military Operations Office (J7) apologized on Sunday night for inconsistencies in the list of students who allegedly joined the New People s Army which it posted recently. We sincerely apologize for those who were inadvertently affected by inconsistencies regarding the List of Students who joined the NPA (Died or Captured) that was posted in the AFP Information Exchange Facebook account, it said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. That article has since been immediately taken down or deleted from our social media accounts, it added.
The alumni, who include a lawyer, a journalist, a playwright, and a social entrepreneur, believe they deserve an apology from the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Peter Joemel Advincula, Alyas ‘Bikoy’
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Brigadier General Ildebrandi Usana, PNP spokesperson, said the 31-year-old Advincula was the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by Hon. Immaculada Concepcion Ylagan-Galang, presiding judge of Manila Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 17, for the crime of perjury. His recommended bail was set at P18,000.
However, Advincula surrendered to Daraga Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Albay around 12:35 p.m. Thursday.
“The CIDG [Criminal Investigation and Detection Group] Provincial Field Unit of Albay served the warrant of arrest against Advincula, who was subsequently placed under custody of Daraga MPS after undergoing the mandatory booking procedure and documentation,” Usana said.