Morong43 Final Chronology of Experiences of Complainant Detainees

CHRONOLOGY OF COMPLAINANTS’/DETAINEES’ EXPERIENCES
Feb. 1, 2010 The Council for Health and Development (CHD)1 and the
Community Medicine Foundation (COMMED)2 sponsored a
Community First Responders’ Training 3 from February 1-7, as a
result of the disasters caused by super typhoons Pepeng and
Ondoy. The training was held at the farm house of Dr. Melecia
Velmonte, chairperson of the board of COMMED.
The participants of the training arrived in several batches in the

morning. The participants came from areas commonly affected
by disasters, including the National Capital Region, Southern
Tagalog, Bicol and Central Luzon. The training started late in
the afternoon with an orientation.
Feb. 2-5, 2010 The first four days of the training was conducted by Dr. Alexis
Montes and Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor. Assisting them was Teresa
Quinawayan, a midwife and field assistance staff of CHD. Dr.
Montes discussed Basic Life Support and Basic Principles in
Trauma Management. Dr. Mia-Clamor talked on Pharmacology.
Late afternoon, Gary Liberal, an operating room nurse of the

Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center arrived for his topic
Nursing Skills and Techniques to be discussed the following
day.
In the evening, Dr. Melecia Velmonte lectured on Management of
Trauma Infections on the Community Level.
Feb. 6, 2010 In the early morning, around 5:30-6:00, while the health workers
were preparing to start the last day of their community health
training, approximately 100 to 300 armed soldiers and
policemen barged into the farmhouse of Dr. Melecia Velmonte at
No. 266, Dela Paz Street, Maybangcal, Morong Rizal, conducted
an illegal search and thereafter illegally arrested 43 doctors,
nurses, midwives and volunteer community health workers.
At the time of the illegal search and arrest, all the 43 participants
were each doing their respective morning routine and rituals or
tasks at different locations of the farmhouse before the start of
the session for the day at 7:00 am. Some were still asleep or in
bed while others just woke up, others were making their beds or
were still in the sleeping quarters, some were exercising outside
the house, still others were cooking or preparing for breakfast,
others were taking breakfast or just had breakfast at the kitchen,
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Copies of the Certificate of SEC Registration and the brochure of CHD are hereto
attached as Annexes “A-1” and “A-2,” respectively.
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Copies of the Certificate of SEC Registration and the brochure of COMMED are hereto
attached as Annexes “A-3” and “A-4,” respectively.
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Copies of the letter-invitations for the training are hereto attached as Annexes “A-5,” “A-5a” to
“A-5b.” Also attached hereto as Annex “A-6” is the Program of Activities of the training.
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some were preparing to take a bath, taking a bath or just got out
of the comfort rooms, and still others were cleaning the session
hall.
After the arrest, the 43 health workers were made to board

vehicles. They were handcuffed with plastic wires and
blindfolded with cloth reinforced by packing tape for more than
36 hours. They were first brought to an undisclosed place in one
large room before they were eventually brought to the detention
facility of the 2nd Infantry Division and 206th Infantry Battalion of
the Philippine Army in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal. No one of
the 43 Complainant-Detainees, at any time from the time of their
arrest and detention up to now, has been apprised of their
Miranda rights.
The Complainants-Detainees were repeatedly interrogated
without counsel of their choice, subjected to various forms of
coercion, threats, harassments, intimidation and indignities as
well as psychological torture and deprived of sleep. They were
refused their right to counsel of their own or their relatives’
choice for six days. A number of them were subjected to various
forms of physical torture. (Please see Affidavits dated Feb 21,
2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010.)
The respective recollections and individual accounts of the

Complainants-Detainees are as follows:
(1) Complainant-Detainee Ray-on AMONG, female, 25 years old,

was preparing for the day’s session when the military and police
barged into the rooms of the women. She heard Dr. Velmonte
shout to the armed men: “Mga respetadong tao ang mga yan!”
They searched their room and their belongings without showing
any document for such and despite Dr. Velmonte’s demands.
They did not also allow Dr. Velmonte or anyone of her
household to accompany and witness the search and seizure.
After the search, the armed men went out of the house and they
allowed the participants to get in in groups of five to get their
personal belongings. Her cellphone was confiscated.
Among was handcuffed and blindfolded. They were made to

board vehicles and brought to an undisclosed place. She and
her fellow Complainants-Detainees were threatened and
coerced into admitting that they were members of the New
People’s Army (NPA). She was made to hear noises akin to
electrocution and was threatened to be electrocuted. She denied
being an NPA but her interrogators continued to threaten and
harass her.
Among experienced physical maltreatment (e.g. “binatukan)” and
torture. Her hands were pulled down until she knelt and resulted
in gashes in her knees. She was slapped on the face and mouth
several times. She was asked the circumstances and
whereabouts of members of her family and was threatened with
harm if she did not cooperate. Her guards pulled down and
replaced her pants when she had to go to the comfort room at
the time that she was being interrogated. A document
supposedly mentioning the purpose of their training to make
bombs was read to her. She was asked names of individuals
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and asked if they were her comrades. Her fingerprints were

taken while she was still blindfolded.
Among and her co-detainees were again made to board a

vehicle and brought to a place which she later found out to be
Camp Capinpin. The threats and maltreatment continued. She
was told that her fingernails would be uprooted if she would not
say the “truth.”
Among heard the cries of pain of her co-detainees during the
night when they were being threatened or being forced to admit
by the soldiers. For endless nights, she dreaded nightfall
because of the nightly interrogations which would last until
dawn. The interrogation and threats against the Complainants-
Detainees continued for several weeks. (Affidavit of Among dated
February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb
2010 as Annex “A.”)
(2) Complainant-Detainee Jane Beltran BALLETA, female, 27
years old, was exercising together with her fellow complainants-
detainees outside the house when she saw five soldiers. Dr.
Velmonte advised them to get inside the house. The uniformed
soldiers were running all over the place and forced their way
into the house. She heard Dr. Velmonte ask the soldiers to
leave.
Balleta together with her co-detainees were made to lie on their
stomachs in one of the rooms one on top of another when they
were arrested while the soldiers pointed their guns at them. Dr.
Velmonte asked the soldiers to make the Complainants-
Detainees sit down but the soldiers asked them to raise their
hands over their heads. They were then asked to get out one by
one while they were being photographed and videoed. She also
saw policemen and CIDG (Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group) members. She saw “Manang Bing,” the help of Dr.
Velmonte, as well as her son, asked by the soldiers to line-up
with them outside the house.
Balleta and her co-detainees had not yet eaten by around 9:00
am. She requested the soldiers that she will get her medicines
because she has epilepsy and needed to take them as she
usually does around 7:00-8:00 am daily but they refused. She
saw the soldiers take away the cellphone of her fellow detainee.
They were made to eat eventually by their co-detainee who was
tasked to cook for them, after which they were asked by the
soldiers to go back to their rooms where she was able to get her
medicines.
Balleta and her co-detainees were asked their names and
residences. But it was interrupted when her fellow co-detainees
said they needed a lawyer. They were asked to line up again at
which point she saw two soldiers going outside towards the
direction of the gate. One of was holding a large sack while the
other was holding a big can. She saw the men in their group
being blind-folded. The women were also hand-tied and blind-
folded. When they asked why they were doing that to them, the
soldiers told them that they were just following instructions.
When Balleta we told them about their rights, they told us them
“Your lawyers will not come anymore. Maybe your boyfriends
won’t see you anymore.” When they arrived at the first place
where they were brought, they confiscated her things,
cellphone, ID and money.
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At times when she had to go to the comfort room, since her

hands were tied and eyes were covered, the female guards were
the ones who pulled Balleta’s pants and underwear down in two
instances. They were also made to wear diapers since they did
not want them to go back and forth to the comfort room,
resulting in so much discomfort that made her sick.
Balleta was interrogated endlessly. Several persons took turns

in asking her different questions and misleading her that all her
companions have confessed. At one point, someone placed a
paper in her mouth and told her that she will be tortured. She
invoked her right to counsel but she was just ignored. She had
hardly slept when they came back for her. Because of the fear
that she will be given a hard time during the interrogation and
that her epilepsy would strike, she was forced to admit that I am
a member of the NPA even though it is not true.
Balleta was blindfolded and handcuffed for 36 hours. They only

allowed them to talk to their lawyers on February 11, 2010. A
fiscal had talked to them one night and said that the case
against them was illegal possession of firearms. She was placed
in solitary confinement for the first two days of her detention.
(Affidavit of Balleta dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “B.”)
(3) Complainant-Detainee John Mark BARRIENTOS, male, 20

years old was cooking at the kitchen when suddenly a group of
armed soldiers entered. They led him outside with his hands at
the back of my head. He was blindfolded and his hands were
tied at the back. They were never told why they were being
arrested.
Barrientos was then loaded into a vehicle together with others
and brought to a place where he was asked to sit on a chair.
They started to question him but accused him of being an NPA
even as he consistently explained that he was just a farmer and
a health worker in their community.
Barrientos was later brought again to a different place while still

blindfolded and his hands were tied up at the back. A soldier
said “Hindi ka rin lang magsasalita ay ilalabas na kita! Meron kabang
nakita?” (Since you won’t talk, I might as well take you out. Can
you see anything?) and he answered (none and the soldier said
“baka hindi kana tuluyang makakita” (Perhaps you will end up not
being able to see at all). A soldier twisted his right arm and
forced him to admit that he was an NPA but he told them that he
was just a farmer and a health worker.
When night came, they took Barrientos’ my fingerprints. He felt

dizzy due to overfatigue. The soldier led him to a room and let
him sit on a chair the whole night while his hands were still tied
and eyes blindfolded. The soldiers would not let him sleep. The
soldiers fed him with food but he was able to eat only a
spoonful. (Affidavit of Barrientos dated February 21, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “C.”)
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(4) Complainant-Detainee Eleonor CARANDANG, female,

married with 5 children, all of whom are underage, was still
inside her sleeping quarters bedroom (which was on the 2nd
floor of the house) at around 5:00-6:00 am when she heard from
a co-participant that there were soldiers present. Some of them
were still sleeping while others were already taking a bath and
were getting ready for that day’s session.
At first, Carandang thought that there were only a few soldiers

present, but when she actually saw them, she realized that there
were many. They went after the males’ rooms first, that they
forcibly pushed the doors open and tried to break them. They
were made to go down from the second floor, made to lie on
their stomachs, and then had them fall in line. They asked for an
explanation why they were being arrested but they didn’t get
any reply nor was there an explanation why they soldiers there
in the first place and why they had to rummage through their
belongings.
Carandang saw that the ones who searched through their
belongings and who illegally arrested them all wore military
uniforms, CIDG and police. She does not know their names and
as their nameplates were all covered, but if she ever sees them
again, she can definitely identify some. A bit later, they were
instructed to go back to their rooms to get their belongings but
when she did, she discovered that her mobile phone and wallet
containing Php2200 and her sphygmomanometer were already
missing.
After they retrieved their things, Carandang and her
companions were blindfolded and handcuffed at the back so
tight that it hurt. They were then brought to ride a vehicle but
because she was blindfolded, she didn’t know where they were
brought.
Carandang was told that even if she was already married, she
still looked beautiful and then the soldiers laughed and even
said that they were going to visit her.
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While still blindfolded, Carandang was repeatedly questioned
and were accused of being NPAs. She estimates that she was
blindfolded and interrogated for about 36 hours, about things
that she does not even know.
Carandang found out that they were already brought to Camp

Capinpin. For the whole time that they were handcuffed and
blindfolded for 36 hours since they were forced out of their
health training facility, the soldiers still left them handcuffed
even when they needed to go to the toilet. The soldiers were the
ones who pulled their pants down and pulled it back on during
their toilet breaks. The soldiers were also the one who spoon-
fed them.
That night, Carandang was brought to a cold and grassy place,
where she heard a scream asking for mercy. She was told:
“that’s what hard-headed people deserve.” She was brought into
a cell, and was left alone. Later on, she found out that all of
them were not allowed to talk to a lawyer or their families. She
wants to have a companion in her cell and she thinks she might
go crazy if she is all alone. She hopes her plea will be heard as
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well as those of her other companions.
Almost every night, except the night before they were visited by
the CHR and the lawyers for the first time which was February
11, Thursday, Carandang and her co-trainees were interrogated
nonstop, any time of the day - - morning, evening, midnight or
dawn. The things that they have experienced at the hands of the
military inside the camp are very traumatic because she can’t
understand why they were arrested and why they were treated
worse than a real criminal. (Affidavit of Carandang dated February
21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as
Annex “D.”)
(5) Complainant-Detainee EULOGIO CASTILLO, male, 40 years
old, was eating breakfast together with his male participants
when around 20 policemen wearing CIDG uniforms and with
long firearms barged into the house where they were staying.
The police were with soldiers in uniforms reading “16th IB.” They
pointed their weapons at them and told them not to move.
Eulogio Castillo were gathered outside the house and separated
from the females. They were blindfolded and handcuffed and
made to fall in line before we were instructed to get on a military
vehicle. He was handcuffed and blindfolded for a long time that
on the third day that they were in the camp, he was not able to
walk.
Eulogio Castillo and company were brought someplace which
he thought was a “safe house.” There were more or less 10
interrogators who questioned him that time. They asked him his
name, address and the organizations that he belongs to; even
his alleged participation in the offensives of the NPA. He heard
from the 2 persons beside the soldiers that they were identifying
him as Ely Castillo and that he was allegedly involved in raids.
Because he was so scared, he was compelled to conceal his
real name and told them that his name was Rogelio Villareses y
Balino. He told the soldiers that he is a member of the Health
Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) but they insisted on having him
admit that he is a member of the NPA. They took his fingerprints
and photographed him. But before they did, they had guns
pointed at his head and back. His cash in his wallet was
confiscated.
Eulogio Castillo could not sleep because of the repeated
interrogations. The soldiers came up to him to talk, making him
hear that there are some who are going to be sent away and of
voices begging for mercy. He also heard the screams and cries
of his companions who were in the other rooms. The soldiers
told me to cooperate with them. They were saying that once he
is set free, he should start his life over and that they will help
him with his case. They said that even he gets free, there is no
guarantee he will be living peacefully.
The soldiers’ “psychological torture” has affected Eulogio

Castillo greatly and brought him immeasurable fear. That is why
later on he was forced to reveal my real name. And if only to
have the repeated interrogation stop which have deprived him
of sleep, he was forced to admit the charges being leveled
against him by the soldiers regarding the alleged activities of
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the NPA, even though they were false and even if they do not
have any evidence to support their accusations. (Affidavit of
Eulogio Castillo dated February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “E.”)
(6) Complainant-Detainee SAMSON CASTILLO, male, 42 years

old, was cleaning the session hall around 6:00 am when many
soldiers and policemen arrived, arresting him and the other
participants without even showing a warrant of arrest. He was
told to go down from the 2nd floor, and while doing that, two
soldiers had their guns pointed at him. He was told to lie facing
down on the floor and had his hands handcuffed at my back and
was blindfolded tightly.
Around 6:30 am, Samson Castillo saw the military searched the
session hall, then a soldier went up carrying a backpack with a
heavy load and came down no longer carrying it.
Samson Castillo and his co-trainees were taken to a place that

he didn’t know because they were still in blindfolds. The
handcuffs also cut through his wrist because it was too tight. He
asked to go to the toilet but after peeing, he was made to wear
Pampers such that both the urine and feces got mixed up there
for two days and two nights.
The interrogation started when Samson Castillo and his
companions arrived at the place they were brought. The military
continued to force him to admit that he is an NPA and that he
point out to his other companions. Every night, he would not be
allowed to sleep because they keep rousing him and repeatedly
interrogated and asked to admit that he is an NPA. He remained
handcuffed and blindfolded for a couple of days. Because of the
tight handcuffs, his wrists suffered cuts and were still painful
for a time.
Samson Castillo was threatened to be killed along with my
family. The handcuffs and blindfold were only removed on the
3rd day but they kept on rousing him from sleep at night and
repeatedly interrogated. He was brought into a cell at the end of
the corridor and have been left there alone and they threatened
him that he was the only one left so he better admit and join the
soldiers as an asset. There was someone who kept asking him
about when he last saw or talked with “Diana, Celia, and Adlay.”
Samson Castillo lost his wallet with cash, driver’s license,
Philhealth card, pants with belt and MIMS (medical book).
(Affidavit of Samson Castillo dated February 21, 2010 and attached
to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “F.”)
(7) Complainant-Detainee Mercy CASTRO, female, 27 years old,

was in the kitchen preparing breakfast when she noticed a
number of soldiers in the surrounding area. She decided to go
to a room where her other colleagues were but as she was
moving toward the room, she was seen by the soldiers and was
told not to move. They then proceeded to barge into the rooms
of her colleagues. She could not move as she was very much
surprised because all the soldiers were armed. The soldiers
ordered her colleagues to come out from their respective rooms
and made them line-up and photographed them several times.
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While Castro and her colleagues were all outside, some soldiers
entered their rooms and searched their belongings. She saw
soldiers bringing in full knapsacks when they entered their
room. After searching, the soldiers told them to get their
belongings. As she was collecting her things, she noticed that
some items were missing, namely money, a cellular phone and
even their first aid materials.
When the soldiers came out, Castro saw them with plastic bags
which allegedly contained explosives, C-4, and bombs that they
said they used. The knapsacks they brought in earlier were
already empty when the soldiers came out.
Castro and her colleagues were cuffed by the soldiers with tight
plastic bindings and blindfolded with packaging tape over them.
Her hands were cuffed behind her back and this was painful to
her because of an injury on her left shoulder.
Castro and her colleagues and were made to ride a vehicle

belonging to their abductors and brought them to a place they
didn’t know. As they arrived at their destination, she was
repeatedly questioned about her life, name, and work while she
was still blindfolded. Several people interrogated her, they
were in threes and they claim they came from the National
Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP),
Philippine Army (PA), Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines (ISAFP) and other agencies and it made her
feel that she has been interrogated by every government agency
in the country. Afterwards her fingerprints were taken while she
was still blindfolded and photos of them were taken side by side
while they were holding something but she could not identify
what was on it.
Castro’s interrogators insisted that she was a member of the
New People’s Army (NPA) and that she allegedly even had a
high-ranking position there. She was said to be on their Order of
Battle (OB) and was asked of her involvement with the NPA in
Bataan and about her alleged aliases. The soldiers told her not
to deny the accusations that she has blood on her hands
because she is an NPA member. She told them that the only
blood on her hands could have been because of circumcisions
of the youth that she has administered and not because she
killed anyone.
Castro was threatened by her interrogators that she would be
buried alive if she would not comply and cooperate with the
military. Every time they interrogate her, government agents tell
her that it feels good to kiss her while she is inside her cell.
(Affidavit of Castro dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “G.”)
(8) Complainant-Detainee Dr. Merry CLAMOR, female, 33 years

old, was preparing for the continuation of the training and
seminar at around 6:00 am when approximately 300 armed men
from the military and police stormed in. They entered the room
of the females with their rifles pointed at them and they were
made to lie prone before they were ordered to come out and
grouped together in one place. They searched their rooms and
belongings without showing any document even though it was
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demanded by Dr. Velmonte.
Clamor saw that neither Dr. Velmonte nor any of the members of
her family was permitted to come with and witness the search
and investigation inside their house. While in the driveway, they
saw a few soldiers carrying sack bags coming down. After their
search inside the house, they went outside and let the
participants in for them to get their personal belongings;
Clamor noticed that her two cellular phones, wallet with IDs and
money were missing. She notified the policemen who were with
the group but until now her missing items have not been
returned. They tied their hands and blindfolded them.
Clamor and her colleagues were loaded into a vehicle and taken
to a place. Upon arrival, they were ordered to get off the vehicle,
walked and brought to a place where they were threatened. She
was coerced to admitting that she is a member of the New
People’s Army. The interrogations started and came with threats
and noises like the screams of women getting hurt which
caused her fear and nervousness.
Clamor told them that what they’re doing is a violation of her

rights but one of them answered and said “Ano ba yang mga
karapatan na yan?” (What rights are you referring to?) And they
still continued with their interrogations and threats. She was
also told that their lawyers and leaders have abandoned them.
Clamor answered their questions and told them the truth that
she was not a member of the NPA or of any movement. But they
did not believe her and they continued with their threats and
harassment. They told her that if she did not admit, they would
expose her under the sun and would not let her sleep. They tried
to force out of her the names of her spouse and children and
where they live. When they weren’t content with her answers
they told her that she was tough and they will look for her
spouse and children.
The interrogation on Clamor was done while she was
blindfolded and her hands were tied and this would last for
more than a day. At the peak of their questioning and
threatening there were times when she wanted to use the toilet
and they were the ones pulling her trousers down and then back
up because her hands were bound. No matter what pleading she
did to have her hand bindings removed they would not listen to
her. Her fingerprints were taken while she was blindfolded and
then afterwards they removed the blindfolds and photos were
taken of them one by one holding name cards.
After their questioning, Clamor and her colleagues were again
loaded into a vehicle still with blindfolds and hand bindings.
They were brought to a place which they eventually learned as
Camp Capinpin, Tanay Rizal.
Clamor can hear the screams and cries of her companions who
were detained especially if they were being coerced or
threatened by the soldiers. She felt fear and nervousness
whenever she thinks that they will make good with their threats
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of death. She pleaded if it was possible for her to call her

spouse to let him know of her situation but it was not permitted
along with her desire to look for and consult with her lawyer.
During the first days of their detention, their families and
relatives and our lawyers were not allowed to visit them. The
interrogation and threats would continue up to the time they
were visited again by their lawyers on February 21. They
interrogate her colleagues almost nightly and these last until
dawn. (Affidavit of Clamor dated February 21, 2010 and attached to
the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “H.”)
(9) Complainant-Detainee RAMON DELA CRUZ, male, 21 years

old, was in his room when they were arrested by soldiers and
police and their belongings searched. They did not show any
arrest or search warrant to them. They were lined up, body
searched, blindfolded, tied up and then forcibly boarded
awaiting vehicles then transported into the camp of the soldiers.
In the military camp, Ramon dela Cruz was threatened and

questioned repeatedly about his alleged work as an NPA. During
the interrogation, a soldier punched him on his back ribs. They
threatened him by putting the burning end of a cigarette to his
lips. They threatened to kill him if he didn’t confess to being a
member of the NPA. They threatened to dump his body under a
bridge and even not allow his lawyer into the camp. They said if
he does not want to languish in jail and if he still wants to see
his parents, he should just cooperate with the military and will
be rewarded as long as he joins them.
Due to the great pain brought by the punch on Ramon dela

Cruz’s side as he was handcuffed and blindfolded, he almost
lost consciousness and that allowed them to use his signature
or fingerprint in a document that he has not read. They hit him
with knee blows on his thighs causing extreme pain. They
punched his solar plexus and back, and hit his nape and
shoulders with strong hand blows. His handcuffs were very
tight that he suffered cuts on his wrists.
For a long time the soldiers did not allow visits from Ramon
dela Cruz’s relatives, lawyers and doctors that he lost any
hope that he could be released from my detention. His cash and
cellphone were taken from him. (Affidavit of Ramon dela Cruz
dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “I.”)
(10) Complainant-Detainee ROMEO DELA CRUZ, male, 53 years

old, had just woken up around 6:00 am when several military
and police arrived. He and his companions were suddenly
arrested without any warrant of arrest being shown to them. He
was made to lie face down, handcuffed at the back and
blindfolded tightly for three days. He was being forced to admit
that he is an NPA and to point at his supposed comrades.
Romeo dela Cruz was placed in solitary confinement at the

military camp. At night, he is roused and deprived of sleep. He
would be repeatedly asked to confess that he is an NPA. He
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was not allowed visit by counsel until February 11. His

cellphone and cash were taken. (Affidavit of Romeo dela Cruz
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “J.”)
(11) Complainant-Detainee Leah DE LUNA, female, 28 years old,

was surprised when at around 6:00 am, a big number of soldiers
had entered the compound. They said they were looking for
someone and were roaming the place for about two hours. They
were holding a sack which they did not know what was inside.
The soldiers took all the medical equipments and also her
cellphone and money.
De Luna and her co-trainees were made to lie on their stomachs.
They were led outside and made to form a line. She asked for an
explanation but the soldiers did not answer them properly. Her
fellow trainees were blindfolded and handcuffed and afterwards
made to ride a vehicle. She was one of the few who were not
blindfolded at first because they crowded into each other in the
vehicle that brought them. They travelled aimlessly and were
brought to an unknown place because they were blindfolded
when they were already on board the vehicle.
De Luna felt that she was already isolated the very first day in
the place where they brought her. They took her fingerprints
while blindfolded and took her photo when they took the
blindfolds off. They made her wear diapers because they said
that they cannot go out to use the toilet.
From then up to February 11, De Luna would be called and

interrogated five times. A soldier who introduced himself as
“Joel” was the one questioning her but there were others with
him. They forced her to answer questions like: “Who is the
CO?”, “How many are from CL?” If I personally know Jokily,
Thee or Dilly? You are an NPA, aren’t you? They would call for
her and interrogate her anytime they wish.
De Luna was not talking and had nothing to answer to Joel and
his companions except to say that she does not know anything
because she does not fight with arms and that she is just
helping the poor in the community that health and medical
services cannot be reached.
De Luna also heard that there were some from them who they
would bring out at night, which is why she was very, very afraid.
There are times when they would take out someone like co-
detainee Donasco at around 1:00 am and bring her back at
around 4:00 am. They were subjected to different kinds of
threat, like they told them they had “backhoed” someone. There
are those who cried and wailed. Other forms of mockery and
threats were also made. They were told that they were already
abandoned by their friends that is why they did not come to see
them and that even their lawyers won’t even see them for a bit.
(Affidavit of Leah de Luna dated February 21, 2010 and attached to
the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “K.”)
(12) Complainant-Detainee Edwin DEMATERA, male, 38 years
old, had just woken up at around 6:00 am when a number of
soldiers and police stormed in and suddenly arrested him and
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his colleagues. No warrant of arrest was presented. He was

made to lie prone and his hands were cuffed behind his back.
His eyes were blindfolded tightly. His cuffs were so tight
causing his wrists to be cut and in pain. There was also a hard
button behind his blindfold which cut the back of his head and
made it swollen. His belt bag that contained one cellphone and
cash was forcibly taken.
Dematera was continuously coerced to admit that he was a

member of the NPA and to point out his co-members. At night
he was not made to sleep and he was suddenly wakened up and
questioned repeatedly and made to admit that he is a member of
the NPA. He was still blindfolded and cuffed for a few days. He
was threatened that he will be killed and his family will not be
spared.
Dematera’s fingerprints were forcibly taken while he was
blindfolded. Photos of him were taken while he held up placards
on his chest.
Dematera’s blindfold and handcuff was only removed after three
days but the sudden waking at night and questionings by the
military continued. He was in anxiety and lacked sleep because
of the sudden rousing by the military in the middle of the night.
Even if his cuffs have been removed, his hands remained cut
and the back of my head was swollen for a few weeks because
of the infection caused by the hard button behind the blindfold.
Dematera had always asked that he be able to speak to a lawyer

but he was only able to talk to his lawyer in the afternoon of
February 11. (Affidavit of Dematera dated February 21, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “L.”)
(13) Complainant-Detainee Angela DOLORICON, female, 50

years old, pointed out that Dr. Melecia Velmonte herself was one
of their medical trainors. At around 6:00 am, there were soldiers
who suddenly entered the room where she and her co-
participants slept. They pointed guns at them and made them lie
on their stomachs. Afterwards they made them line up on the
driveway of the compound of the farmhouse.
Doloricon saw on the driveway the other participants already

blindfolded and hand-tied with plastic. They asked the soldiers
who their head was to ask why they were arresting them. She
asserted that they will not go with them until their lawyers have
arrived but the soldiers did not listen to them and gave the run-
around. The nameplates of the soldiers she saw were covered.
Doloricon saw soldiers holding sacks with something inside,

but they did not know its contents. They also brought these
sacks back to their vehicles. Some also brought unidentified
things inside cans to their vehicles. Some of her co-trainees
demanded that the soldiers not to cover their eyes and tie their
hands.
Doloricon saw some of the trainees, who were already blind-
folded, were made to ride an Isuzu Highlander with plate number
WLX 973. She and her companions were brought to a white van
without a plate number. The soldiers rushed to hand them a
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heavy backpack but they refused to accept it because it was not

theirs. After quite a long travel, we stopped. The soldiers forced
to blind-fold and hand-cuff us. The detainees protested but the
soldiers did not listen to them. The vehicle started again and
after a while it stopped. The detainees went down with their
eyes already covered and hands tied. Afterwards, they brought
them to a place which they do not know.
When Doloricon and company arrived at the place, the soldiers

took their bags and the money inside her bag which was
reserved for payment for the venue and food. She was placed
from one seat to another. And there she was asked questions
continuously. They interrogated her for a very long time about
things she knew nothing about. Her eyes were still blindfolded
and hands tied.
If Doloricon wanted to go to the comfort room, the soldiers
would come with her and they were the ones who pull down her
pants and underwear. They were also the ones who pulled these
back on. They repeatedly asked her name, where she lives and
the name of her husband. She asked the soldiers why they took
them. But the soldiers did not answer. She also told them that
she wanted to contact her lawyer but they refused. A soldier
just told her,”Bait kappa nagkakaproblema ako ay hinahanap ko
ang batas pero kapag walang problema ay hindi ko hinahanap ang
batas.” (Why is it that when I have problems, I invoke the law but
when I do not have problems, I do not invoke it?)
Doloricon gave them the address of the lawyer she knew, Atty.
Paul Sagayo. She told the soldiers that she will only answer
questions in court and only in front of her lawyer because she
was no match against them. The soldier said:”Sure, you might
want to think; only God can save you now!”
The soldiers who interrogated Doloricon asked her the same

questions over and over again while her eyes were covered and
hands were still tied. The soldiers told her to “cooperate so I will
be spared and that they will take care of the law.” She got angry
and did not agree to what the soldier was saying because she
does not know anything about it.
The soldiers just continued to interrogate and threaten

Doloricon ever since they took them. They did not let them sleep
for two days, February 6 and 7. She was just sitting on a chair
blind-folded and hand-cuffed for two days while they repeatedly
asked questions and threatened her The soldier who
interrogated and threatened her told her his name was “Jim.”
(Affidavit of Doloricon dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “M.”)
(14) Complainant-Detainee Lilibeth DONASCO, female, 24 years

old was still lying in bed that morning while her other
colleagues were still in the room when a sudden noise was
heard in the house where they were staying and where the
health training was being held. The door of the house was
forced open by soldiers. Shortly after, they were lined up along
the road. They took their bags, and then they blindfolded them
and tied their hands behind their backs.
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After that, they placed Donasco and her company in a vehicle

which she believed was a jeepney. Since she was blindfolded,
she could only feel the vehicle stop and move again. They got
off were transferred to another vehicle which she believed was
a van
Donasco heard somebody say, “Naku! Tumutulo ang dugo.” (Oh,
the blood is dripping) Not long after, they were dropped at a
place which later on she learned was a camp for soldiers. She
was still blindfolded so she couldn’t see the person who she
heard say, “Naku! Nagpa-firing squad.” (Oh, there’s a firing
squad). Then she heard three gunshots.
Donasco was still blindfolded and handcuffed when a person

came over and spoke to her. Approximately ten people
alternately spoke to her. After that, she was brought outside and
her fingerprints were taken with the blindfold and handcuffs still
on. Since she was blindfolded and handcuffed for a long time,
she asked the soldiers what day and what date it was then, but
they did not want to tell her.
Donasco was brought to a room where she was all alone. There,
they continued to ask her questions. They told her, “Aminin mo
na kasi… Di mo ba alam na ang training na ‘yun ay iligal at walang
pahintulot?” (You better confess… Don’t you know that that
training is illegal and has no permit?) When she did not reply, a
male soldier hit her head and struck her on the nape. Her ears
ringed and she screamed in pain. She was so dizzy because
she was blindfolded for so long and this has given her a phobia.
When Donasco was not able to answer promptly the questions

of the soldiers, they threaten her by saying, “Iuuntog ko ang ulo
mo sa pader!” (I will bang your head against the wall!) She wasn’t
able to sleep because so many were asking her questions and
they had plenty of questions. Whenever she would doze off,
they would wake her up and interrogate her again. It was only
the night of February 10 that nobody came to ask her questions.
Donasco also wasn’t able to eat well. She didn’t have the
appetite because she was so terrified. They also did not remove
her handcuffs that was why they had to spoon-feed her. Her
blindfold would be removed only on the night that they
subjected them for inquest, but they were still handcuffed.
While they were asking Donasco questions, the soldiers

mentioned names that allegedly were ex-NPA. “Huwag ka ng
magsinungaling. Nandito ako,” (Stop lying, I am here) the voice
told her. Two men and a woman also talked to her and said,
“’Yang nasa harap mo ay attorney. Huwag ka magsinungaling.” (The
person before you is a lawyer. Don’t lie) And another person
said, “Uuwi na nga ako, hindi naman nagsasabi ng totoo ‘yan.” (I’m
going home, she is not telling the truth anyway.)
While they were questioning Donasco, they told her that she
needs to cooperate with them. They said that they will give her a
job so she can help her parents just like them, who were former
NPAs or communists. They told her that if she goes home, she
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will go back to her work in the mountains and that they will give
her a cellphone so she can report to them if people are leaving.
Donasco’s greatest fear during the interrogations was when she

does not talk, she would hear a lot of movement that seems to
imply haste, which makes her think that the end of her life is
about to come. (Affidavit of Donasco dated February 21, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “N.”)
(15) Complainant-Detainee Julius DUANO, male, 30 years old,

was preparing for the continuation of the said training and
seminar at round 6:00 am when about 300 armed elements of
the military and police suddenly entered the property for
reasons they do not know. They entered the said house and
brought them outside, grouped them together in one area and
made us lie on their stomachs. The women were separated from
the men. They searched the room and their things without
showing them any papers or documents regarding the said
search even if Dr. Velmonte demanded for it. They did not allow
Dr. Velmonte or any member of her family to join or witness
their search and investigation inside the house. After their
search inside the said house, they went out and told the
detainees to go in and get their things.
Duano noticed that his cellular phone, money and personal
effects were missing and have not been returned until now.
After their entry and search of the house, they tied up the
detainees hands and blindfolded them.
Duano and his companions were boarded on a vehicle and

brought to a certain place. Upon arrival, they told to disembark,
made to walk and brought to a place where he was threatened
and was being forced to admit that he is a member of the NPA.
When they arrived there, the questioning began. The
interrogation was mixed with threats and they were made to
hear sounds that greatly instilled fear and anxiety.
Duano was being forced to admit that he is a member of the

NPA and he told them that he was not part of the said
organization. But they did not believe him and they continued
their threats and even told him that they would electrocute and
kill him if he did not tell them the truth. They coerced him to give
the names of the members of his family and where they live, and
then they threatened that if he does not tell them the truth,
something bad was going to happen to his family.
Simultaneous to their questioning was their intermittent

elbowing of Duano’s side, flicking of his ears and punching of
his stomach. The interrogation was done on him while he was
blindfolded and handcuffed and this lasted for more than a day.
In the middle of the questioning and threats, there were times
that he had to use the bathroom and they were the ones who
lowered and returned his pants because his hands were still
tied.
Duano told them that his handcuffs and blindfold were too tight
but they even tightened them, which led to the peeling of the
skin of his hands and the tip of his nose. They were giving out
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names of people and asking him if they were his colleagues but
he told them that they were not his companions. They took his
fingerprints while blindfolded and after that, they removed the
blindfold from their eyes and one by one, they took pictures of
them holding up names.
After the interrogations, they boarded Duano and his company

again on a vehicle, still without removing the blindfolds and with
hands tied. They brought us to a place that they did not initially
know and whenever he asked them where we were, they did not
mention the name of the place. But not long after, he found out
that the place was Camp Capinpin, Tanay, and Rizal.
Duano was separated from the rest and he was put in a room,
which became my bedroom and shelter. On my first night in the
said place, he heard gunshots. They interrogated him night after
night and threatened to kill him and his family if he did not tell
them the truth. They kept forcing him to admit that he is n NPA
and that he was allegedly among those who attacked a police
station in the province of Quezon.
Duano heard the screams of his detained companions,

especially when they were also being threatened and forced to
confess by the soldiers. He felt fearful and distressed because
he kept on thinking of the possibility that they will actually make
good their threats to kill them and their families if they do not
admit what they want them to admit.
There was also a time when Duano was interrogated by two men
who introduced themselves as policemen from Quezon. They
wore police uniforms but they purposely removed their
nametags. They were forcing him to admit that he was among
the group of NPAs who attacked and disarmed them, which led
to their demotion. He told them that he is not a member of the
NPA and that he has never been to Quezon and this made them
angrier and they pulled and squeezed his balls that it was so
painful.
Fear and anxiety is what Duano feels while imprisoned in Camp
Capinpin, especially at nightfall because they interrogate him
every night, threaten to kill him and force him to admit that he is
a member of the NPA. They even told him that the NPA
leadership has abandoned them.
They also told Duano that some of his companions had already
confessed while those who did not were already killed and they
threatened to do the same to him if he did not confess. But he
told them the truth that he is not a member of the NPA. They
also mentioned names and asked him if he knew them and if
they were his colleagues, but he told them that he didn’t know
them and that they were not his colleagues.
Every time Duano asked for drinking water, they refused and
they just told him to drink water from the faucet in the
bathroom. Every time they interrogate him, he gets asthma
attacks yet they do not stop in the questioning and threats. He
kept on asking for medicine but they won’t provide it so he had
to endure it. The detainees were also prohibited to speak with
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each other and if they disobeyed them, they threatened to kill

them.
For the next few days, they would continue to interrogate and
terrorize Duano and his co-detainees. Nightly, they interrogate
him and his companions and this continues until dawn. Usually,
the interrogation happens in a room but if there are two people
inside the room, they would bring out one of them. Great fear
has been impressed on his mind and being and he knows that
this will leave an indelible mark on his person, which will affect
his thinking and disposition. (Affidavit of Duano dated February
21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as
Annex “O”)
(16) Complainant-Detainee Mark ESCARTIN, male, 20 years old

recalled that the owner of the training facility herself, Dr. Melecia
Velmonte, lectured on one topic in the training. At 6:00 am,
while they were getting ready for breakfast and getting ready to
take a bath or taking a bath before resuming their session for
that day at 7:00 am, the participants were surprised with the
simultaneous entry in different places of the farmhouse of
innumerable uniformed military, each armed with long firearms.
They were shouting and pointed their guns towards them and
told them to lie prone.
Escartin and his co-participants were bunched and lined-up like
animals by the said soldiers, frisked and their money,
cellphones, and other personal belongings confiscated. They
were blindfolded and tied at the back. The blindfold used on him
was made of cloth and tightened even more with “packing tape”
while the hand-binding was made of hard plastic. After a few
hours, they were loaded one by one into different vehicles. They
eventually learned that they were first taken to Camp Capinpin,
Tanay, and Rizal before they were moved and separately
incarcerated in a detention center in the said camp. His
blindfold was removed only in the afternoon of February 7.
From the time Escartin arrived at the said camp until they finally
saw and talked to their lawyers on February 11, the
interrogations were almost endless and frequent coupled with
threats by different men whom he cannot identify because he
was still blindfolded. He could not recall anymore the number of
times he was interrogated at any time of the day or night but
these lasted approximately half an hour to an hour. There was
an instance when he was hit twice on the head with a ballpen.
In the almost unrelenting and repeated questioning, Escartin

was being forced to confess that he is a member of the NPA but
he admitted to nothing since he is not. In the interrogations
without the presence of a lawyer, he was intimidated and
coerced and threatened to be killed with the words “iligpit niyo na
iyan! itapon na iyan!” (Finish him off! Dump him!) and they
openly said he was already going to be killed.
Throughout his illegal detention, Escartin was never apprised of

his rights even by the prosecutor that arrived at the camp. Visits
from his relatives were limited to five minutes only and the entry
of food by them was prohibited. Conversations with his co-
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detainees were also prohibited. They have not been taken

outside for sunning. (Affidavit of Duano dated February 21, 2010
and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex
“P”)
(17) Complainant-Detainee Ronilo ESPERA, male, 31 years old,

suffered almost the same experience as his other co-detainees.
At approximately 6:00 am, he and his colleagues were in the
farmhouse of Dr. Velmonte. They had just woke up and
preparing for breakfast when approximately 300 armed men
from the military and police stormed in for reasons unknown to
them.
The military and police personnel entered the said house and
Espera and company were ordered to come out and convene in
one place and lie prone, with the women separated from the
men. They searched the rooms and their things without showing
any documents authorizing it despite the fact that it was
demanded by Dr. Velmonte. Neither the latter nor any of her
family was allowed to come with and witness the search and
investigation.
After their search inside the house, the armed men went outside
and let us in for us to get our personal belongings. Espera
noticed that his money, wallet, photos and ID were taken. They
then tied their hands and blindfolded them, then loaded into a
vehicle. Upon arrival, they were ordered to get off the vehicle,
walked and brought to a place where they were threatened and
coerced to admit that they are NPAs.
Espera was subjected to interrogations coupled with threats.

They heard noises that caused fear and anxiety. He was being
coerced to admit but they did not believe him and continued to
threaten him. They threatened to electrocute and kill him if he
does not tell the truth. They tried to force out of him the names
of his spouse and children, where they live and said something
bad will happen to them if I don’t tell the truth.
While being questioned, Espera was subjected to slapping of

his ears, punching of his stomach, and squeezing of his
testicles. He remained blindfolded and tied for more than a day.
The cuffs and blindfold were very tight, and it caused wounds
on his skin on his hands and nose. His interrogators mentioned
names and asked him if they were with him but he denied it.
Like the rest of his co-detainees, Espera’s fingerprints were

taken while blindfolded and then afterwards they were removed
and photos were taken of them individually with name cards.
After their questioning, Espera and his companions were again

loaded into a vehicle still with blindfolds and hand bindings.
They were brought to a place which he eventually learned to be
Camp Capinpin, Tanay, and Rizal. They were separated from
each other and he was led into a room that was to become his
bunk and living quarter with another co-detainee.
On the first night at the camp, Espera heard gunfire, and the
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torment he would suffer would start. He was interrogated

nightly, intimidated and threatened to be killed as well as his
family if he did not tell the truth. He was being forced to admit
that he was involved in the ambush of a police station in
Quezon.
Espera heard the wailing of his companions especially if they

were being coerced to admit or threatened by the soldiers. He
felt fear and nervousness whenever he thinks that they will
make good with their death threats. He dreads the night at Camp
Capinpin because he is nightly interrogated, threatened with
death, and coerced to admit I he is a member of the NPA.
Espera was even told that they have been abandoned by their
NPA leaders especially Joma who is in another country enjoying
himself while they were suffering. And if it was really the
intention of our leaders to help us they should’ve brought
lawyers to help us.
The soldiers also told Espera me that some of his co-detainees
have confessed and some others have already been killed and
that they will do the same to him if he does not confess. But he
told them the truth that he is not a member of the NPA. They
also mention names and ask him if he knows them and if he is
with them but he told them otherwise. They were also prohibited
from having conversations with other detainees and were
threatened to be killed if they defy this. The interrogations and
threats would continue and are done nightly and continues until
dawn. He hadn’t had much sleep because of the fear that they
may be killed anytime. (Affidavit of Espera dated February 21, 2010
“Q”)
(18) Complainant-Detainee Jacqueline GONZALES, female, 28
years old, was subjected to force, intimidation and physical
abuse by being compelled to lay flat on the floor, being
handcuffed and later on blindfolded for several days with
minimal food, water and rest.
Gonzales was continuously interrogated by the military while
she was blindfolded and handcuffed with threats of being
summarily killed. She was threatened that they would force me
into a van, with the military saying “Stroll tayo,” (Let’s go for a
ride) when she refused to answer their questions.
Gonzales continuously asserted her right to have a lawyer and

her right against self-incrimination but the military unlawfully
refused to let her consult her lawyer. She was subjected to
constant sleep deprivation techniques, indignities and abuse,
and was forced to wear pampers and deprived of her right to
privacy and to go toilet.
The military continuously forced Gonzales to respond to their
psychological harassment and unlawful custodial interrogation
in the middle of the night, alone, and without counsel. When her
handcuffs and blindfold were removed, the unlawful
interrogations continued and she was intermittently woken up
and interrogated in the middle of the night in isolation without
the presence of a counsel. The psychological torture and sleep
deprivation has caused her mental anguish, suffering and
intense physical and mental stress.
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For several days, Gonzales’ demand to be allowed to consult

her counsel was denied and she was only allowed to consult her
counsel on February 11, or five days after her unlawful arrest.
(Affidavit of Gonzales dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “R”)
(19) Complainant-Detainee Janice JAVIER, female, 27 years old,

woke up at around 6:00 am. She went to the kitchen to have her
breakfast. While she was eating, she saw armed soldiers
walking around the area. She thought that they were just
regularly roaming around the area. But she was surprised to see
that their number gradually increased until there were more than
a 100.
Soon, the soldiers suddenly entered the kitchen and Javier was
with three other co-trainees at that time and they were told to sit
near the dining area. They asked the soldiers the reason for
their actions, but they were ignored. She noticed the soldiers
and policemen were sporting CIDG and Pulis Rizal prints. They
were asked to go outside the kitchen and we were lined up on
the driveway. Their other co-trainees were also directed to go
to the driveway.
While Javier and company were outside, the soldiers went in the
rooms and searched for things. They asked the soldiers several
times the reason why they were conducting the search but not
one of the soldiers gave any explanation. They also did not
show them any search warrant. After searching the rooms, the
detainees were allowed to enter the rooms to get their things.
Their names were taken and their things were examined.
When Javier and company were already blindfolded and

handcuffed, they were forced to ride a vehicle. At around
8:00am, they left the farmhouse without any information from
the police and soldiers where they will take them. They travelled
for almost an hour before reaching the place where they were
taken. They were brought to a room and there, the soldiers
started interrogating them while blindfolded and their hands
tied. They asked her name and asked if she happened to know
names of alleged NPA members.
Whenever Javier did not answer or they did not like her answer,
they hit her on her thighs and kicked her chair. She told them
that she will speak only if her lawyer is present. But they said
that there was no lawyer and told her to wait for one year for her
lawyer.
After that, they got Javier’s fingerprints while her hands were
tied and while blindfolded, which was removed just to take her
photograph with her name on it.
They continued to interrogate Javier until 1:30am. She knew the

time because she set the alarm of my clock at that exact time.
They did not make her sleep. (Affidavit of Javier dated February 15
(21), 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as
Annex “S”)
(20) Complainant-Detainee Sylvia LABRADOR, female, 43 years

old, practically had the same experience as the rest of her co-
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detainees. At approximately 6:00 am, while they were getting

ready for breakfast and getting ready to take a bath or taking a
bath before resuming session for that day, they were surprised
with the entry of the farmhouse of many uniformed military each
armed with long firearms. They were shouting and pointed their
guns towards them and told them to lie prone.
Labrador and her co-participants were bunched and lined-up

like animals by the said soldiers, frisked and their money,
cellphones, and personal belongings confiscated. They were
blindfolded and tied behind the back. The blindfold used was
made of cloth and tightened even more with “packing tape”
while the hand-binding was made of hard plastic.
By about noon, Labrador and company were loaded into

different vehicles. They were taken to Camp Capinpin and
moved later to a detention center in the said camp. She herself
used to be all alone in her cramped prison cell but eventually
was accompanied by another co-detainee in one cell. The
interrogations were unending and repeated coupled with
threats. She reckoned she was interrogated more than ten
times even in the middle of the night, lasting from two to ten
hours continuously. They also got her cellphone and cash.
Labrador was being forced to confess that she is an NPA which
is untrue. There are certain names which are alleged to be NPA
members and she was being forced to pinpoint those people.
Because of the suffering she was experiencing and the desire to
be with her family, she was forced to admit that she was an
NPA.
In every interrogation without the presence of counsel, Labrador
was always terrorized by making her hear frightening
statements like “deretso na yan sa hukay” (send her straight to
the grave) or “ilagay na sa backhoe” (place her in the backhoe).
Even after they have been visited by their lawyers, the
interrogations have not stopped. They are woken up even late at
night. She says one cannot help but tremble in fear.
In Labrador’s estimate, she was blindfolded for about 34 hours

from the time the soldiers forcibly took them from the medical
training. During that period, she was fed by the guards since
her hands were tied up and she was blindfolded. The worst part
is that the female guard was the one who took off her pants and
underwear when she needed to go to the comfort room. She
was really humiliated since the lady guard will be the one wiping
her after she used the comfort room. They also put diapers on
her and she can’t object because she was really scared. She
can’t even urinate because she was afraid of wetting her pants.
She really endured this for a long time since she saw the
soldiers get mad at those who go to the comfort room
frequently.
Labrador also learned from her companions and based from
their experience after they ate bitter foods and drank water that
they would get dizzy and feel sleepy. They would have
headaches because of lack of sleep .When they fall asleep; they
would wake them up to continue their interrogation. They really
would not want them to sleep.
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For the longest time, Labrador would remain really scared and
traumatized. She would be jumpy even with a simple noise
caused by the opening and closing of the steel prison cell and
the noise produced by footsteps. In fact, she can’t measure the
psychological torture she experienced and that until now she
can’t sleep soundly at night. Until now, she can’t help but shiver
and can’t even bring back her appetite. (Affidavit of Labrador
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “T”)
(21) Complainant-Detainee Gary LIBERAL, male, 43 years old,
was invited by CHD in the second week of January to teach
community based health workers from the different provinces of
Luzon in a seminar called Community First Responders Health
Training to be held February 1-7, 2010. In particular, he was
requested to handle a workshop on nursing skills training for
community health workers. He arrived in the place of training on
the night of February 5.
The following day, Liberal woke up at around 6:00 am. He slept
in the conference room together with Dr. Alex Montes who is a
medical doctor and who was also invited to teach in the said
seminar and a participant whom he did not know. When he
woke up, they went to the kitchen located below the conference
room to relieve him of the call of nature.
Liberal was on his way back to the conference room while

taking the stairs when he saw many men in soldiers’ uniforms,
with helmets and carrying long firearms pointed at them. He did
not pay much attention to this because he thought this was
merely a drill or exercise as part of the fiesta celebration of the
place on the same day. He was called and made to sit beside
Dr. Montes and others he did not know.
After a while, Liberal saw many men in military uniform enter.
They did not let them know who they were nor did they say what
their purpose was. They were already surrounded by more than
100 armed soldiers in uniform. He also saw participants forcibly
ordered out of their rooms, mostly women. After they were
forced out, the military entered all the rooms and conducted a
search. No one among the uniformed soldiers explained to them
the reason for what they were doing. In spite of their asking, no
one answered. The military did not show any search warrant to
them. The participants were also not allowed to witness the
searches of the rooms and their things.
While the soldiers were searching the rooms and their things,
Liberal and company were ordered to fall in line outside and
their hands were tied with plastic cords. After the searches,
they were blindfolded one by one. Although they protested and
insisted on calling their lawyers, the military did not listen to
them.
Liberal and the other participants were one-by-one forcibly
loaded onto a vehicle that he did not see because of the
blindfold. It was around 9:00 AM when they left the farmhouse
of Dr. Velmonte. The trip took more or less one hour before they
arrived at the destination.
When they arrived, the military did not remove Liberal’s
blindfolds. They were pulled-out one by one from the vehicle,
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walked and brought to what he estimated to be an “open room

or space.” He was made to sit on a monoblock chair, with his
hands still tied at the back and still blindfolded. Though he
could not see anything, he could feel he had company because
he heard murmurings. His personal things such as laptop,
cellphone, ATM card, credit card and important documents were
taken and have not been returned since.
Not long after, they started questioning Liberal. They asked his
name, where he lives, the names of his family and relatives,
what he was doing in the farmhouse. He insisted on his right to
a lawyer but he was just ignored.
Afterwards they took Liberal’s fingerprints while still blindfolded

but he did not see or read the documents where they put his
fingerprints. They temporarily removed his blindfold to take his
photograph.
Liberal’s interrogation continued. They asked me if he is a
member of the CPP or if he took a course of the party. Once
they insisted that he is a member of the party. The military man
questioning him told him: “I’ll take care of you, just tell me the
truth you will not become a desaparecidos.” “You just cooperate
with us I will help you.” While he was being questioned, he
heard someone shouting and admitting that he is a member of
NPA.
They never allowed Liberal to sleep even for just a second. They
wake him up when they notice that he was falling asleep. The
questioning or interrogation started in the morning of February
6 and continued up to the evening of February 7. All throughout
this time he was blindfolded and his hands were tied. (Affidavit of
Liberal dated February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the CHR
Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “U”)
(22) Complainant-Detainee Reynaldo MACABENTA, male, 30

years old, independently and substantially corroborated the
collective accounts, narrations, recollections and experience of
his co-detainees on the material points regarding the health
training, the circumstances of their illegal arrest and detention,
the repeated interrogations and indignities, the line of
questioning and common accusations leveled against them, the
sequence of events, the harrowing experience they suffered and
the multifarious violations of their rights.
(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Macabenta

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “V” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “T” to the CHR Supplemental
Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
(23) Complainant-Detainee EMELIA MARQUEZ, female, 20 years

old, independently and substantially corroborated the collective
accounts, narrations, recollections and experience of her co-
detainees on the material points regarding the health training,
the circumstances of their illegal arrest and detention, the
repeated interrogations and indignities, the line of questioning
and common accusations leveled against them, the sequence of
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events, the harrowing experience they suffered and the

multifarious violations of their rights.
(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Emelia Marquez

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “W” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “V” to the CHR Supplemental
(24) Complainant-Detainee EMILY MARQUEZ, female, 23 years

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Emily Marquez

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “X” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “W” to the CHR Supplemental
(25) Complainant-Detainee Pearl Irene MARTINEZ, female, 25

her co-detainees on the material points regarding the health
(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Emelia Marquez

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “Y” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “U” to the CHR Supplemental
(26) Complainant-Detainee Ace MILLENA, male, 22 years old,

independently and substantially corroborated the collective
accounts, narrations, recollections and experience of his co-
(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Millena dated
2010 as Annex “Z” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “X” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
dated 12 March 2010)
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(27) Complainant-Detainee Dr. Alexis MONTES, male, 62 years

Additionally, Montes was invited by CHD in the second week of
January to teach in the training and was requested to handle a
workshop on trauma and basic surgery training. He just woke
up at the time the incident happened. He slept at the conference
room together with Complainant-Detainee Liberal. He went
down to the kitchen to get coffee.
Montes actually thought that the presence of the soldiers was

just a drill. One of the soldiers even shouted that they had a
search warrant with them. Because he actually thought it was a
drill or exercise, he even answered and volunteered the
information that the owner of the house was at the back and that
they might find there the person they were looking for.
That night, Montes was made to walk and brought near a ravine.
The military interrogator proclaimed that he holds the former’s
life from that moment on. Montes reiterated his demand to get
his own lawyer but the military said that no lawyer will come
over and that he is too far away from his friends and relatives.
(“Walang pupuntang abugado dito! Malayo kayo sa mga kaibigan at
kamag-anak.”) Every question thrown at him was accompanied
by a tap on his shoulder which could make him fall into the
ravine any time.
Montes would be hit on the chest several times whenever he
would deny the various allegations the military asked him. He
would eventually fall down and hit his knee on the rocks. He
was picked by a wooden stick on his chest so that he would not
fall asleep. At an area where a military commander would
introduce himself as “Vicente,” “alligator clips“ which were
probably connected to an electric power source were placed on
his head which numbed his hands and arms, disabled him to
walk, made his eyes and face feel heavy, made him sleepy, and
made both his thighs twitch. He was made to drink water mixed
with undissolved granules. He was made to smell something
that smelled like aroma. The interrogation momentarily stopped
and the alligator clips removed only when he started to feel
chest pains and had difficulty of breathing. He had to be bodily
lifted to his seat again as his whole body was numb and he
could not stand. “Vicente” would late tell him that physical
torture is “SOP” to them.
Because his hands already had abrasions and had started to
numb because of prolonged restraint, Montes was forced to
write a short biography which the interrogators asked him in
exchange for not putting back the plastic binds on his wrists.
(Affidavit of Montes dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “AA)
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(28) Complainant-Detainee Glenda MURILLO, female, 26 years

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Murillo dated
2010 as Annex “BB” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “Z” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(29) Complainant-Detainee Lydia OBERA, female, 61 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Obera dated
2010 as Annex “CC and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “AA” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(30) Complainant-Detainee Delia OCASLA, female, 46 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Ocasla dated
2010 as Annex “DD” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “BB” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(31) Complainant-Detainee Carina OLIVEROS, female, 26 years

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Oliveros dated
2010 as Annex “EE” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
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2010 attached as Annex “EE” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint

(32) Complainant-Detainee Jovy ORTIZ, male, 23 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Ortiz dated
2010 as Annex “FF” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “CC” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(33) Complainant-Detainee Miann OSEO, female, 31 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Oseo dated
2010 as Annex “GG” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “DD” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(34) Complainant-Detainee Linda OTANEZ, female, 35 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Otanez dated
2010 as Annex “HH” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “FF” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(35) Complainant-Detainee Valentino PAULINO, was arrested by

the police and military at around 6:00 a.m. and was handcuffed,
blindfolded and taken to a place that he did not know. He and
his co-trainees have been blindfolded for almost two days and
one night. They did nothing but to ask him repeatedly the same
questions.
When Paulino and company were transferred to detention cells,
he heard many gun shots. After that, they were led to their cells
and after a while, a man went inside his cell and asked him if he
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was still stubborn. That would incident would be repeated a few

more nights.
Then, still blindfolded, Paulino was made to sign papers and his
fingerprints taken. They told me that he should not be worried
and the charges against him would be dismissed if he would
only cooperate with them. They even told him that they are
good as friends but they can also kill people. That is why he felt
even more horrified that forced him to agree to their wish that
they would secure him and his family. (Affidavit of Paulino dated
2010 as Annex “II”)
(36) Complainant-Detainee Danny PINERO, male, 41 years old,
(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Pinero dated

2010 as Annex “JJ” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “GG” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(37) Complainant-Detainee Jenolan PIZARRO, female,

Additionally, Pizarro recounted that she had just woken up that
morning when the incident happened. She was brought out to a
very cold place and there she was threatened to be killed if she
will not confess.
Pizarro’s body would very often quiver uncontrollably and she

would feel ill at ease due to the overwhelming fear caused by
the threats and intimidation and endless interrogations by the
military.
(Affidavit of Pizarro dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “KK”)
(38) Complainant-Detainee Ma. Teresa QUINAWAYAN, female,

26 years old, independently and substantially corroborated the
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(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Quinawayan

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “LL and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “HH” to the CHR Supplemental
(39) Complainant-Detainee Franco ROMEROSO, male, 28 years

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Romeroso
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “MM” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “II” to the CHR Supplemental
(40) Complainant-Detainee Lorelyn SALIGUMBA, female, 23

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Saligumba

25 Feb 2010 as Annex “NN” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “JJ” to the CHR Supplemental
(41) Complainant-Detainee Ma. Elena SERATO, female, 35 years

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Serato dated

2010 as Annex “OO” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “KK” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
(42) Complainant-Detainee Chenilyn TAWAGON, female, also

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Tawagon said that due to fear and sleepless nights caused by

the continuing interrogations on her, she is extremely suffering
in her detention. (Affidavit of Tawagon dated February 21, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “PP”)
(43) Complainant-Detainee Yolanda YAUN, female, 51 years old,

(For further additional details, please see Affidavit of Yaun dated

2010 as Annex “QQ” and his Supplemental Affidavit dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “LL” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
Feb. 7, 2010 The repeated and continuous individual and separate

interrogations of the Complainants-Detainees would continue
(Sunday) until the night of this day.
Complainant-Detainee Barrientos was still tied up and

blindfolded Sunday morning when they led him to another
place. A soldier said “dun dalhin yan sa kawayanan!” (Bring him
there to the bamboo grove). They let him sit on a chair without a
backrest. His body suddenly shivered and froze perhaps due to
fatigue and fear and because they placed something on top of
his hands. The soldiers were repeatedly said that he was a
member of the NPA but he consistently told them that he was
just a farmer and a health worker.
A soldier told Barrientos “wag na manginig ang katawan mo, baka
lalo kung panginigin ang katawan mo!” (Stop trembling, otherwise I
will make you tremble even more.) During that time he felt cold.
When afternoon came, they led him again to a vehicle and the
soldiers said he will be delivered to Antipolo. He did not eat the
whole day. When the vehicle stopped they let him walk and led
to another place. After a long time they took off his blindfold
and saw that he was already inside a jail.
A soldier asked Barrientos if he wanted to eat and he said yes

and he led me to a place but he didn’t lead him there to eat. He
saw his other co-trainees and the soldier said that there will be
someone coming from the DOJ. When the man from the DOJ
arrived, he merely called out their names and told them that we
have a case for illegal possession of firearms and he
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immediately left.
Barrientos was brought back to jail. He was not able to eat that
whole day. He asked the soldier “Sir, paano ang pagkain?” (Sir,
what about the food?) The soldier said, “may paraan nga sa
bundok dito pa kaya!” (You can manage in the mountains, you
can manage here!) (Affidavit of Barrientos dated February 21, 2010
“C.”)
In the afternoon, three AFP officials talked to Complainant-
Detainee Samson Castillo and tried to convince him to
cooperate with the government. They read to him the laws on
POW. When he refused their offers, they told him they will do
everything to incarcerate him for a long time, or kill him by
making it appear that he hanged himself, or attempted to
escape, or suffered a stroke. (Affidavit of Samson Castillo dated
2010 as Annex “F.”)
Complainant-Detainee Javier was asked again repeatedly the
names of her supposed fellow NPA. She did not answer and
insisted on her right to get her own lawyer. Because of that,
someone told her, “matigas ka ha” (You are tough). She was
brought to a place where another round of interrogation took
place. When she did not answer because she demanded for a
lawyer, she was put under the sun, they did not give her any
food or drink. She almost lost consciousness because of the
scorching sun and she was not given drinking water. That night,
while still blindfolded, they were brought to another place where
their blindfolds were removed. They then realized that they were
at Camp Capinpin. (Affidavit of Javier dated February 15 (21), 2010
“S”)
Complainant-Detainee Liberal’s interrogation continued up to

the evening of February 7. All throughout this time he was
blindfolded and his hands were tied. He also often heard the
screaming and crying of women who were suffering or in pain.
Every time he needed to go to the toilet to pee, they did not
remove his blindfold and plastic ties on his hand. Instead
someone removed his pants and brings it down. They
continuously did this to him up to the whole day. When they ate,
the military never removed plastic ties on their hands and
blindfolds someone just spoon-fed them.
After the inquest that would be held meanwhile, the
interrogation continued. It was accompanied by severe
harassment. They told Liberal that they allegedly got
information from his laptop. The interrogator also told him that
he can kill him outside because “I now know your address and
place of work.” The military has been forcing him into admitting
that he is a member of CPP, mentioning that he has a picture
with background that shows the books of Joma Sison. Lastly,
the interrogator said to him “think it over well, I’ll get back to
you, Leo is my name.” (Affidavit of Liberal dated February 15 (21),
2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as
Annex “U”)
Complainant-Detainee Pizarro was interrogated by someone
who introduced himself as “Rolly.” He was forcing me to
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confess, claiming that her co-detainees have already done so.

He was making me choose: her family or her co-detainees. She
was asked if her co-detainees are NPAs and she said she does
not have any knowledge of this. Pizarro told her interrogator
that she would rather be hurt herself than her co-participants.
(“Ang sabi ko wag niyong sasaktan ang mga kasama ko. Ako na
lang.”) That is why she was forced to confess. She was shown
pictures and asked if she knew them. Her interrogator told her
to think things over and decide if she still wants to see her
family. (“Kinausap ako ng taong iyon at sinasabing mag-isip daw ako
kung gusto ko pa daw makasama ang pamilya ko.”) (Affidavit of
Pizarro dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint
dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “KK”)
Complainants-Detainees were collected and lined-up in four or

fives in a basketball court. They were presented at around 9:00
pm to a DOJ prosecutor named “Fiscal Senson” who said that
he was there for inquest but who did not even ask their side and
who denied them access or ask if they wanted to get a lawyer of
their choice. He called them one by one and counted how many
they were. After making the count, said that they have already
been investigated by him and that the case for illegal
possession of firearms against them will be filed and he will
just show it to his “boss.” Then he left swiftly. They were not
unable to ask questions or speak because they were never
given a chance. The fiscal did not ask any question regarding
their arrest. They also did not show them what things they
allegedly got from the search (Affidavits of Among, Castillo,
Castro, Ramon dela Cruz, Duano, Escartin, Espera, Javier, Liberal
and Montes dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR
Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annexes “A” “E” “G” “I” “N”
“P” “Q” “S” “U” and “AA”) Complainant-Detainee Clamor’s
recollection was that they were presented to the prosecutor at
7:00 pm. (Affidavit of Clamor dated February 21, 2010 and attached
to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “H.”)
PILC/NUPL lawyers Ameh Sato and Anton Principe were at the

Camp gates to attend possible inquest; were given the run-
around and it turned out that DOJ Prosecutor Romeo Senson
had surreptitiously entered the Camp and conducted an
improper and irregular “inquest”
Feb. 8, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Among was again interrogated almost

overnight by 2 individuals. She was being forced to be an
(Monday) intelligence agent or she will languish in jail. (Affidavit of Among
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “A.”)
Complainant-Detainee Barrientos was blindfolded again and led

outside his cell to talk to someone. He saw a man wearing
civilian clothes who said “Brod, makipagtulungan ka lang, may
ibibigay ako sayo.” (Brother, just cooperate and I will give you
something in return). He replied “wala po akong maaaring
maitulong sa kanila dahil sa wala naman po talaga akong alam doon
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sa mga ibinibintang nila sa akin.” (I cannot help them in any way

because I really know nothing about what they accuse me of.)
They brought him back to his cell.
That morning, Chairperson Leila De Lima from the Commission

on Human Rights was able to enter the camp. Some of the
detainees’ relatives were also allowed to enter but only had
barely five minutes to talk. Only then were the detainees given
beds and blankets. (Affidavits of Javier, Liberal and Montes dated
February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25
Feb 2010 as Annexes “S” “U” and “AA”) It was only when the
CHR came that they removed the plastic ties on Liberal’s hands.
(Affidavit of Liberal dated February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “U”)
Complainant-Detainee Clamor was finally allowed to be visited

by her family but this for five minutes only. (Affidavit of Clamor
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “H.”)
That night, they interrogated Barrientos again. A soldier said

“NPA ka, umamin ka na!” (You are NPA, admit it!) and he said
“paano naman po ako aamin sa bagay na hindi naman po totoo”.
(How can I admit something that is not true?) The soldier said
“makipagtulungan ka na, tutulungan kita magbagong buhay.”
(Cooperate and I will help you live a new life). He repeatedly
explained to them that he was just a farmer and a health worker
but they never listened to what he says. They always force him
to admit to something which he does not know anything about.
(Affidavit of Barrientos dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “C.”)
Feb. 9, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Balleta, who was placed in solitary

confinement, was transferred upon her request to another cell
(Tuesday) with a companion because of her epilepsy. (Affidavit of Balleta
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “B.”)
Complainant-Detainee Javier was isolated in a separate cell.

Her cell was covered all over and she could not see anything.
She had to stand on a chair to see outside. She also had no one
to talk because her cell was very enclosed. They told her that
they isolated her so that she won’t be able to talk to her fellow
detainees because they said she was very hard-headed. She
would be staying in this type of cell for some time. (Affidavit of
Javier dated February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the CHR
Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “S”)
Complainant-Detainee Carandang received a visitor from a

family member for the first time. (Affidavit of Carandang dated
2010 as Annex “D.”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion was able for

the first time to visit him. She and the relatives of the other
detainees arrived at the military camp around noontime but it
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was almost 4:00 pm when they were allowed to get in. They
were not allowed to bring in anything inside including food.
When she saw her son, she was so distressed and took pity on
him. She could not describe his face because this was so
swollen. His wrists and arms also had abrasions. She did not
have the strength to ask him anymore what happened and she
just broke down. She saw her son fighting back his tears with
great effort. She was able to speak to him only for three minutes
before she was told that visiting hours have ended. (Affidavit of
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adocracion dated March 3,
2010 and attached to the Supplemental Complaint to the CHR dated
Mar 17, 2010 as Annex “A-1”)
NUPL and PILC lawyers filed a Petition for Habeas Corpus with
the SC; NUPL lawyer Julius Matibag was denied access to see
the 43 detainees.
Feb. 10, 2010 Complainant-Detainee De Luna felt that the soldiers were nice to
them only this last night maybe because they know that their
(Wednesday) lawyers and the CHR will come tomorrow. (Affidavit of Leah de
Luna dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint
dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “K.”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion was able to

visit her son again around 4:00 pm. She asked her son what
happened to him and if he was hurt. All he said was that he was
alright. It turned out that there was a soldier guard who was just
a few feet away from them. Despite her repeated queries,
Paulino just meekly replied that he was alright. She did not
believe that her son was alright though because his face
betrayed his real condition and that as a mother she knew in her
heart that he was not alright. She was only given three to five
minutes for her visit. (Affidavit of Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s
mother Adoracion dated March 3, 2010 and attached to the
Supplemental Complaint to the CHR dated Mar 17, 2010 as Annex
“A-1”)
Feb. 11, 2010 At 12:00 am till morning, Complainant-Detainee Ramon dela
Cruz was interrogated by soldiers while he was blindfolded.
(Thursday) They hit him at his side and said that if he did not cooperate, he
will never be released from jail. Affidavit of Ramon dela Cruz dated
2010 as Annex “I.”)
Although the CHR had already visited, Complainant-Detainee

Liberal’s interrogation continued. In the morning, before the
lawyers came, the military interrogated him still and asked what
party courses he was able to take. He reiterated that he was not
a member of CPP-NPA, and that he wanted to talk to a lawyer.
He is still currently detained in solitary confinement. (Affidavit of
Liberal dated February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the CHR
Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “U”)
Eight lawyers from the NUPL and PILC, namely: Atty. Dickson
Ayon-ayon, Atty. Edwin dela Cruz, Atty. Alnie Foja, Atty. Jules
Matibag, Atty. Edre U. Olalia, Atty. Rachel Pastores, Atty.
Francis Anthony Principe, and Atty. Amlyn Sato, and eight
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doctors initially accompanied by CHR Chair Leila de Lima and

her complement were able to see and confer for the first time
with the Morong 43 with the exception of Complainant-Detainee
Paulino who was secretly whisked away by the military and
presented in a press conference where he “admitted” being an
NPA and “coaxed” his co-detainees to cooperate. We demanded
that we see him and waited till 4pm. Prior to this, the lawyers
joined the dialogue of Chair de Lima with Brig. Gen. Jorge
Segovia. Sen. Pia Cayetano also arrived a bit later and spoke
with the latter.
It turned out, from Valentino’s account later with the lawyers on

February 21 that he was back to the camp at around 2pm but
was specifically instructed by the military not to show up
because the lawyers were still present. Individual written
engagements for NUPL and PILC were signed by all detainees
(except Paulino) and by their respective relatives (including
mother of Paulino) confirming their request for legal
representation as early as Feb. 7, 2010.
The lawyers who had been approached and retained by CHD,
COMMED and the detainees’ relatives and some doctors were at
the camp from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The detainees were relieved
and exhilarated to have seen their lawyers finally and for the
first time. Quite a number of the women were crying and
trembling and hugging. The lawyers were able to confer with the
detainees who tearfully recounted to them individually and
collectively their ordeal and suffering for the past days in the
hands of the military. (Affidavits of Javier, Liberal and Montes dated
February 15 (21), 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25
Feb 2010 as Annexes “S” “U” and “AA”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino was taken by the military to the

Rizal Provincial and there, they presented him to the media and
was made to speak and to say that he has surrendered already
and to convince his companions. He would later say on
February 21 when his lawyers came to see him and in front of
his male co-detainees that there was no truth to the statement
he made during the press conference that his colleagues are
members of the NPA and that he had surrendered as he was just
pressured by the soldiers. After he appeared at the press
conference, they went to a restaurant and ate together with
military officials and others. They came back to the camp
between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Since then until for some time,
they have not spoken to him again. Their treatment of him has
changed for some time and they told him to just tell them what
he wants and they would give them to him. (Affidavit of Paulino
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “II”).
When Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion
learned through the other relatives who had just come out of the
detention center for their visit that his son had just been taken
out of his cell by the military to an undisclosed place separate
from the rest of the detainees and that she need not get in
anymore because he was not there anymore, her world
suddenly caved in because her imagination ran wild on what
could have happened to him. (Affidavit of Complainant-Detainee
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Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated March 3, 2010 and attached to the

“A-1”)
Up to this day, Complainant-Detainee De Luna felt so much fear

because while she was being interviewed by the media earlier, a
soldier at the back was watching and shaking his head. And
even before this, she was told by the Lt. Col. Cristobal Zaragoza
that she will be taken out tonight. He even said “Do you still
want to see your husband?” What she knows is that they also
have her husband in their custody. She does not know what will
happen to her tonight. She is all alone in her cell up to now.
(Affidavit of De Luna dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “K.”)
Complainant-Detainee Duano was again interrogated as to the

identities of certain persons which he actually does not know.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Duano dated March 7, 2010 and attached
to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12March 2010 as Annex
“L.”)
That night, Complainant-Detainee Javier heard a male voice

calling her. His voice was familiar. That is why when he asked
her name, she answered sarcastically, “Di ba sabi mo, kilala mo
ko. Bakit mo pa ko tinatanong kung ano pangalan ko e ikaw ung
interrogator ko?” (Didn’t you say you knew me? Why are you
asking for my name when you are my interrogator?) And he
answered, “Oo, ako nga interrogator mo! Tang ina ang tigas mo.
Batangueña ka nga! Ang bangis mo!” (Yes, I am your interrogator!
Damn you’re so tough. Indeed you are from Batangas! You’re
fierce.) ) He said that she was not like her fellow detainees who
gave in easily. He also told her that she is smart and suited to
be a soldier and that if she became a soldier, perhaps she would
be an officer or perhaps assigned to the Office of the Chief of
Staff. He also told her that if only he was good looking, he
would court her. She asked him his name, he told her to call him
just “Manong Rex.” (Affidavit of Javier dated February 15 (21), 2010
“S”)
Feb. 12, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Balleta was interviewed by someone from

the PNP who were not in their uniforms. She learned that their
(Friday) names were “Benz”, “Eric, “Wilson” and another person she
does not know. She was asked the same questions as those
who had interrogated her earlier so she did not answer. They
also told her that they were from a “special investigative body.”
(Affidavit of Balleta dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the
CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “B.”)
Complainant-Detainee Samson Castillo’s recollection was that

he was able to talk to his lawyer only in the afternoon of this day
or more than six days after his arrest by the military. (Affidavit of
Samson Castillo dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR
Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “F.”)
Military did not produce 43 at the CA habeas corpus hearing;

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NUPL and PILC lawyers entered their formal appearance.
Feb. 13, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Duano was once again interrogated as to

the identities of certain persons which he actually does not
(Saturday) know. (Supplemental Affidavit of Duano dated March 7, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12March 2010
as Annex “L.”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion was again

able to visit his son at the detention center. It was supposed to
be a special visit as it was Valentine’s Day and his son’s
birthday the following day. Because the guards this time were
quite a distance away from them, she was able to talk to her son
in private and relatively freely. When she asked him what
happened to him yesterday and why he was missing and where
he went, Paulino replied: “Mother, please forgive me. I told a lie
during the press conference and claimed that all of us 43 were
NPAs. The reason I was forced to lie is that they threatened me,
they were hurting me, and I was tortured.” And the military told
him that if he did not obey what he is being asked to do that he
already knows what will happen to his family. He got terrified
and told her that he was scared as to what will happen to her,
his only remaining parent. He was afraid and worried for his
mother as the military has said that they have already sent
people to their residence. (Affidavit of Complainant-Detainee
Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated March 3, 2010 and attached to the
“A-1”)
Feb. 15, 2010 All 43 Complainant-Detainees were finally brought to the Court
of Appeals (CA). NUPL and PILC lawyers again entered their
(Monday) formal appearance. Complainant-Detainee Valentino was tightly
guarded and could not confer with Atty. Rachel Pastores of
PILC/NUPL freely. Some of the detainees were able to review
and intercalate their draft affidavits on the basis of the February
11 conference with lawyers.
Before the start of the hearing, Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s
mother Adoracion joined Atty. Pastores who had requested the
military to remove her son’s handcuffs and to confer with him.
The military obliged. They went to a corner of the conference
room to speak in private but all that Paulino could utter is that
he is alright but could not look at Atty. Pastores straight in the
eye. It turned out that the soldiers were milling around nearby.
(Affidavit of Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated
March 3, 2010 and attached to the Supplemental Complaint to the
CHR dated Mar 17, 2010 as Annex “A-1”)
Feb. 16, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Carandang and her co-detainees were

brought outside their cells for sunning around 12pm. When they
(Tuesday) stepped outside, there was someone taking a video of the four
of them, including Tawagon, Pizarro and Donasco. They asked
why they were being videoed but they said was that the video
was broken anyway. They did not believe it so they tried to get
back to their cell even if their way was being blocked at the
door. (Affidavits of Carandang, Donasco, Pizarro and Tawagon
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25 Feb 2010 as Annexes “D “N” “KK” and “PP”) They got back
inside but they were being asked to get out again. Pizarro
protested and said the video was not necessary because they
will not escape. The military said that they should appreciate the
video taking because they are now “actresses.” (Affidavit of
Pizarro dated February 21, 2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint
dated 25 Feb 2010 as Annex “KK”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion visited her

son again in the detention center. He confided in her that he is
being cajoled, persuaded and enticed by the soldiers and he
was promised a lot of things in return. (Affidavit of Complainant-
Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated March 3, 2010 and
attached to the Supplemental Complaint to the CHR dated Mar 17,
2010 as Annex “A-1”)
Complainant-Detainee Obera was interrogated by the military.
Feb. 17, 2010 NUPL lawyer Cortez was able to get the signatures only of 19
detainees for lack of material time.
(Wednesday)
Feb. 20, 2010 When Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother saw his son
again, he advised her to take precautions because she herself
(Saturday) was being monitored and tailed where she goes. (Affidavit of
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated March 3,
Mar 17, 2010 as Annex “A-1”)
Complainant-Detainee Pizarro was interrogated by someone

who introduced himself as “5” and was forcing her again to
point and name her co-participants in the Morong training. She
refused. He insisted. But she asserted that she is not talking
because her co-participants are innocent. (Affidavit of Pizarro
25 Feb 2010 as Annex “KK”)
Feb. 21, 2010 All 43 detainees on their own volition and free will executed and
signed their respective affidavits, two (including Complainants-
(Sunday) Detainees Obera and Valentino) in their own handwriting while
the rest intercalated their encoded affidavits based on the
February 11 conference with lawyers and most of them even
made additional accounts duly authenticated. NUPL lawyers
Olalia, Matibag and Greg Fabros were present. All the 26 women
detainees and later on, all the 17 male detainees executed their
respective affidavits individually, privately and without the
presence of any military nearby.
During the lawyers’ visit that started at past noon and ended at
round 6:00pm, five paralegals of the NUPL who accompanied
them to assist in the consultations were barred by the military
from entering the camp. Lt. Evelyn Tolentino relayed that the
orders of her superiors is that only the ‘recognized” lawyers are
allowed. Lt. Tolentino even expressly pointed to one of the
paralegals that she knows her and that she is from Karapatan,
implying that she is either not a “paralegal” or that anyone
connected with that organization are not allowed inside.
Negotiations were made until they were allowed to enter until
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the “holding area.” But they were not allowed to proceed to the
detention center. The paralegals had to wait at the “holding area”
while the lawyers were inside.
Before Complainant-Detainee Valentino executed his statement

on his own free will and volition, he had a private and
confidential conversation alone in a corner of the hut and far
away from both the military and his co-detainees. With Atty.
Olalia. The latter asked him if he was willing to write his
thoughts on paper just like his co-detainees without any
coaching or suggestion on what to write and what not to write
either way. Valentino said he wanted to and he proceeded to
write his account in a corner, alone and in private and separate
from the rest.
However, Valentino was unable to finish his affidavit as it was
already dark in the hut where the consultation was being done.
He, however, informed Atty. Olalia earlier that he was being
threatened to be killed, that he was forced to make the
“confession” in the press conference because he was afraid and
all alone, that the name of Jonas Burgos was mentioned to him
as a subtle threat, that he fears for the safety of his mother but
that he would nonetheless fight it out despite the consequences
to him and his family. A few minutes before the consultations
ended, he later on publicly confirmed and affirmed this himself
before his male co-detainees in their plenary consultations.
When Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother was able to visit

him again, he narrated to her further what happened to him and
what he was going through. He was being enticed to turn
around and was being rushed to speak. He also said that he
wished that they be transferred immediately to Crame because
Lt. Col. Zaragosa has an evil plan against them. He was almost
in tears and dazed when he was speaking to her. He said the
transfer must be speeded up because their lives are in danger
because there is a sinister plan to transfer them to an
undisclosed place. He was being pestered and worked on
endlessly and said that he will be taken out of his cell. He said
that he does not know anymore what to say when he is being
asked. The detainees, both male and female, are frequently
taken out of their cells and that includes him. Aside from these
threats, Paulino told her mother that he was also being offered
all sorts of things in exchange for him to confess. She herself
would be given a job and is targeted to be worked on by the
military. After that, she learned that her son would be taken out
of his cell repeatedly, whether its day or night. (Affidavit of
Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother Adoracion dated March 3,
Mar 17, 2010 as Annex “A-1”)
Complainants-Detainees Carandang, Tawagon, Pizarro and

Barrientos signed their respective encoded statements and
even made handwritten intercalations therein.
As of this date, Complainant-Detainee Montes remained in

solitary confinement since the arrest. Sometimes late at night at
10:00 pm, some individuals in civilian clothes would pass by his
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cell and glance at him. (Affidavit of Montes dated February 21,

2010 and attached to the CHR Complaint dated 25 Feb 2010 as
Annex “AA”)
That night after the lawyers of the complainants-detainees

visited them, soldiers went to their respective cells and they
asked for the respective names even if it was already midnight
or early morning. (Supplemental Affidavit of Dematera dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “J” to the CHR Supplemental
From the time of the lawyers’ visit, the female detainees were
subjected to more restrictions and constraints e.g. no sunning
especially when they are “noisy” in their cells and visits from
their parents have been reduced to five minutes only.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Castro dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “D” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Feb. 22, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Ramon dela Cruz was removed from his
cell around 7:00 pm and interrogated. He was being coaxed to
(Monday) cooperate in exchange for the dismissal of his cases because
they were the ones who made up the cases against them in the
first place. They will just not attend the hearings for three times
so the cases will be dismissed. But if he refuses to cooperate,
they will just keep on attending the hearings. His co-detainee
Paulino was also taken out of his cell several times and he
learned this when they get to talk when they go out together for
sunning. (Supplemental Affidavit of Ramon dela Cruz dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “H” to the CHR Supplemental
Complainant-Detainee Murillo passed out but was given medical
assistance by the military more than 2 hours after. The military
also threatened her.
When Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother visited him again,

he told her that he is really much tormented inside the detention
center. He said he is spent and very exhausted. She came in
around 3:00 pm and he informed her that they have just come in
from outside together with soldiers. He was very red in the face
which she believes was caused by being exposed to the sun for
a long time. He was fighting back his tears when he narrated to
her that his life is really in danger. (Affidavit of Complainant-
A certain Chaplain Vigo and another priest named “Art” visited
the female detainees and asked Complainant-Detainee Javier
why she could not sleep. The latter replied that what can they
expect given that she is in solitary confinement. Chaplain Vigo
then said that maybe she has done something wrong that is why
she is in solitary confinement. The two priests also talked with
the other detainees including Complainant-Detainee Serato to
just cooperate. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
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Feb. 23, 2010 Female detainees were reshuffled and transferred from one cell
to another for unknown reasons upon the orders of warden Maj.
(Tuesday) Tabion and Lt. Col. Zaragoza. Detainees Otanez, Quinawayan
and Serato would be in solitary confinement. Detainee Javier
would be taken out of solitary after two weeks. Those who are
transferred to “Cell B” invariably are taken away by the military.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Balleta, Castro, Clamor, De Luna,
Doloricon, Donasco, Gonzales, Javier and Labrador dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annexes “C” “D” “G” “K” “M” “P” “Q” and “R”
to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Doloricon was placed/remained in

solitary confinement and so were her co-detainees Gonzales,
Quinawayan and Serato. The front of her cell (‘Cell “A”, which
used to be Complainant-Detainee Javier’s, is almost completely
covered such that she has to step on a chair to see outside.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Doloricon, Gonzales and Javier dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “K” “P” and “Q” to the CHR
Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
Before noontime, Complainant-Detainee Donasco was taken out

of her cell to talk with someone. She was shown pictures and
was asked to “cooperate.” Complainant-Detainees Among and
Saligumba were also summoned and spoken to by the same
person who spoke with Donasco. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “Q” to the CHR
Feb. 24, 2010 A delegation of women lawyers composed of Atty. Alnie Foja of
NUPL and Atty. Evelyn Ursuja and Dr. Hazel visited the women
(Wednesday) detainees together with Sen. Jamby Madrigal. However, the
other members of the delegation including lawyers and doctors
“identified with Gabriela” were not allowed by Lt. Col. Zaragoza
to get in despite protests. Sen. Loren Legarda was able to visit
the women detainees also thereafter.
The complainants-detainees were shuffled from one cell to

another and were being asked to “surrender.” They were being
presented to persons that they didn’t know. They introduced
themselves as alleged former NPAs that have purportedly
surrendered to the government. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Dematera dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “J” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Oliveros was interrogated late at night.

When she refused and invoked her right to counsel, the military
threatened to electrocute her and badmouthed her counsel of
choice.
Complainant-Detainee Otanez was interrogated by Lt. Col.
Zaragoza. (Supplemental Affidavit of Donasco dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “M” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Montes was moved to another cell.

(Supplemental Affidavit of Montes dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “Y” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
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2010)
Feb. 25, 2010 Complaint for various violations of human rights were filed at
the CHR on at around 10:00 am on the basis of the affidavits of
(Thursday) the 43 Complainants-Detainees dated February 21. Lawyers
from the PILC and NUPL were present to submit to CHR
Chairperson de Lima the letter-complaint. This was followed by
a short dialogue with the relatives and doctors of the
complainants-detainees.
At around 11:00 am, Complainant-Detainee Doloricon was
subjected to interrogation for one and a half hours. She was
being forced to admit that she is a high-ranking officer and was
being forced to cooperate in order for the case against her to be
dismissed. (Supplemental Affidavits of Doloricon dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “K,” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
dated 12 March 2010) Complainant-Detainee Balleta would
likewise be summoned to the hut and interrogated.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
In the afternoon, a person claiming to be a rebel returnee gave a
speech to the detainees. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “Q” to the CHR Supplemental
At around 8:00 pm, Complainant-Detainee Eulogio Castillo was

asked to go out of his cell as someone wanted to talk to him at
the visiting area. Even if it was against his will, he relented
despite fears that they might do him harm. There, a certain
“Leo” who had previously interrogated him when he was still in
blindfolds, asked him to stop dealing with Karapatan and his
counsels of choice because only the military can supposedly
fast track his release. When he refused, the military got angry at
him and claimed they can cut off any ties by his family with
Karapatan and his counsel of choice. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Eulogio Castillo dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “E” to the
CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
Around 9:30 pm, Complainant-Detainee Otanez was taken out of

her cell and interrogated until 11:00 pm. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Complainants-Detainees Paulino and Ramon dela Cruz

reportedly taken out of their cells and interrogated by Lt. Col.
Zaragosa at 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. They were being forced to
confess and get new lawyers. There were reports that Paulino
was being taken out of his cell every night and returned only at
dawn and that he was exposed to the sun until before the visits
from the relatives would commence.
Complainant-Detainee Romeroso was also interrogated and

being asked to cooperate while threatening his family.
Feb. 26, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Balleta was summoned around 11:00 am

by someone called “Emil” who wanted to confirm what I said
during the first 36 hours of my detention. He kept on asking me
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(Friday) the same questions as before. She just said that the case is
already in court and whatever she said before was prompted by
the threats on her. (Supplemental Affidavits of Balleta and Luna
dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “C” and “I” to the CHR
Complainants-Detainees Tawagon and Carandang would be

“visited” at their cells for three consecutive days by their
interrogators. . (Supplemental Affidavit of Castro dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annexes “C” and “D” to the CHR Supplemental
Complainants-Detainees Clamor saw co-detainees Carandang

and Tawagon being taken out of their cells one after the other
and led to the hallway around 10:30 pm purportedly because
they had a visitor. She did not notice what time they went back
to their cells afterwards. (Supplemental Affidavit of Clamor dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “G” to the CHR Supplemental
Complainant-Detainee Doloricon was asked to go out of her cell

at around 11:30 pm. Lt. Col. Zaragoza was “just asking” how she
was and then she was sent back to her cell after 15 minutes.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Doloricon dated 7 March 2010 attached
as Annex “K,” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Before noontime, Agabao went to the cell of Complainant-

Detainee Javier for an hour and according to co-detainee De
Luna, she swathe same person who gave a speech the day
before pointing to her surreptitiously. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Complainants-Detainees Otanez and Martinez would be

interrogated nightly till February 28. Others who would be taken
out at night until dawn were detainees Tawagon, Carandang and
Donasco. (Supplemental Affidavits of De Luna and Javier dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “I” to “Q” to the CHR
Feb. 27, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Doloricon was again subjected to

interrogation at around 6:00 pm by Lt. Col. Zaragoza who
(Saturday) claimed they recovered an external hard drive and was forcing
her to admit it was hers, that she was not the subject of their
surveillance but the people she was talking to, that the medical
training was expecting about 100 participants. He was enticing
Doloricon to admit to his allegations in exchange for being
removed from solitary confinement. She denied any knowledge
of his claims. (Supplemental Affidavits of Doloricon dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “K,” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
Complainant-Detainee Otanez was again taken out and
interrogated around 9:30 pm. The same thing happened to co-
detainee Martinez half an hour later. Both were returned to their
cells around 11:00 pm. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7
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There were reports that Dr. Julie Caguiat was not allowed entry
into the camp for her visit to the Complainants-Detainees, that
there was no let-up in Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s
interrogations and pressure, and that the military attempted to
take his mother during her visit.
Feb. 28, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Eulogio Castillo was again “visited” by

the same “Leo” who had previously interrogated him and offered
(Sunday) a new counsel for him but he refused, saying he already has his
counsel of choice. “Leo” got mad and said again that they can
cut off the ties of his family with his counsel of choice.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Eulogio Castillo dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “E” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Donasco was summoned out of her cell
by Lt. Col. Zaragosa together with Maj. Tabion. Lt. Col. Zaragoza
claimed that their chosen counsels will leave them after three
months. (Supplemental Affidavits of Donasco and Javier dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “M” and “Q” to the CHR
At 10:00 pm, Complainant-Detainee Samson Castillo was forced

to get out of his cell by four guards but he refused. They came
back together with warden Maj. Tabion. The latter went inside
his cell. When Samson Castillo still refused to go out of his cell,
Maj. Tabion kicked his folding bed and raised his fist against
Samson Castillo’s face. When he still refused, the angry guards
bodily carried him. At the gate, Maj. Tabion asked him twice to
run but he held on to the metalbars. The guards forced him to
release his grip and brought him before Lt. Col. Zaragoza who
asked him to surrender and point to his supposed comrades
lest his children will be harmed. While he was being
interrogated by Maj. Tabion and Lt. Col. Zaragoza, Samson
Castillo was shaking in fear because they threatened to harm
his children. They gave me an ultimatum of the following
morning to decide. His recollection was that co-detainees
Paulino, Carandang and Tawagon were taken out of their cells at
around 7:00 pm and had not returned since. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Samson Castillo and Duano dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annexes “F” and “L” to the CHR Supplemental
Complaint dated 12 March 2010) Samson Castillo was offered
another lawyer by the soldiers and that if he says the truth, he
will be given a house and lot. (Supplemental Affidavit of Duano
dated March 7, 2010 and attached to the CHR Supplemental
Complaint dated 12March 2010 as Annex “L.”)
Complainant-Detainee Paulino forcibly taken out of his cell

some time in the afternoon and never returned. Prior to this, he
reported to his co-detainees that he was frequently taken from
his cell, that he was being forced to turn around and cooperate
and that another lawyer will be given him. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Ramon dela Cruz, Liberal and Montes dated March 7,
2010 and attached to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
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12March 2010 as Annexes “H” “S” and “Y”)
Complainant-Detainee Ramon dela Cruz was taken out of his

cell against his will. He was made to board a vehicle and taken
outside the gate of the detention center and proceeded to a
house where a supposed NPA was coaxing him to cooperate.
He invoked that he already has counsel of choice but military
said they can provide him another one. He demanded that he be
returned to his cell. He remains in solitary confinement.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Ramon dela Cruz and Liberal dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “H” and “S” to the CHR
Complainants-Detainees Barrientos and Pinero and other male

detainees were taken from their respective cells at night and
were being forced to cooperate with the military by persons
claiming to be rebel-returnees. They were being offered a “good
life: if they get back to the fold of the government. (Supplemental
Affidavit of Liberal dated March 7, 2010 and attached to the CHR
Supplemental Complaint dated 12March 2010 as Annex “S.”)
March 1, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Tawagon was subjected to an

interrogation from 2:00 am until past 4:00 a.m. (Supplemental
(Monday) Affidavits of Doloricon and Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annexes “K” and “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010) Complainants-Detainees Carandang and
Gonzales were also taken out of their cells at dawn. Carandang
was not taken out anymore for sunning that morning.
2010)
Complainant-Detainee Clamor greeted co-detainee Tawagon
around 10:00 am when the latter passed by the former’s cell.
Clamor asked if Tawagon if has a visitor again, to which the
latter replied yes but that she does not even know them. But
around 11:00 am, some lady guards collected the belongings of
Tawagon and Carandang from their cells. When asked, the
female guards, including Alumpio and Banaga, invariably said
that the two were just being transferred to another cell or that
they allegedly do not want to be with them anymore and wanted
to go home to their relatives or that they were just talking to
someone. The rest of the female detainees have not seen them
since. (Supplemental Affidavits of Clamor, Doloricon, Gonzales and
Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “G” “K” and “Q”
Complainants-Detainees Tawagon and Carandang were taken

out of their cells by the military around 11:30 am and were never
returned. Prior to this, they were interrogated for three (3) days.
The guards on duty at that time were “Caloagan, Dea, Idloy and
Banaga.” When asked, they just said they do not know anything.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Castro, De Luna and Labrador dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “D” “I” and “R” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Balleta learned that Complainants-

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Detainees Tawagon and Carandang were forcibly taken out of

their cells by the military before lunch time. Since to date up to
the next lawyers’ visit on March 7, the detainees have felt a
heightened tension inside the detention center, resulting in
anxiety, worry, anguish and fear on what the military might do
next to them. When the detainees invoke their rights, the
military brushes this away and arrogantly say that they are the
ones that should be obeyed, that they are not afraid of being
charged in court, and that they continue to make all sorts of
threats. (Supplemental Affidavit of Balleta dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “C” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010) They conducted a noise barrage in protest of
what they did to their co-detainees Carandang, Gonzales and
Tawagon. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
CHR representatives arrived to ask the Complainant-Detainees

to confirm, re-sign and subscribe to their Affidavits dated
February 21. Complainants-Detainees Carandang, Tawagon, and
Valentino reportedly did not sign.
Maj.Tabion went to see Complainant-Detainee Samson Castillo

and said that Lt. Col. Zaragoza was summoning him but he
refused. (Supplemental Affidavit of Samson Castillo dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “F” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
When Complainant-Detainee Paulino’s mother went to the

military camp to visit her son again, she learned from the other
relatives who had just gone out from their own visit that his son
was not there anymore including two female detainees. Nobody
explained where he is until now. (Affidavit of Complainant-
Complainant- Detainee Donasco was taken out too but returned.
Complainants-Detainees Samson Castillo and Ramon de la Cruz

were also taken out of their cells and interrogated.
March 2, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Gonzales was roused from sleep at

around 1:00 a.m. as she was summoned by Lt. Col. Zaragosa
(Tuesday) who interrogated her in front of Maj. Tabion. She was asked
about her personal circumstances and background. When she
started to refuse to answer the questions asked of her, Lt. Col.
Zaragosa told her, “Hindi ito matinong kausap. Asan ba ang wire
dyan? Kuryentehin ka kaya, gusto mo bang abutin nang hanggang
alas-4 dito?”(There is no use talking to this person. Where is the
wire here? What if I electrocute you, do you want to stay up until
4:00 am here?) She was interrogated both outside her cell and
the gate. (Supplemental Affidavit of Gonzales dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “P” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Donasco was interrogated again by Lt.
Col. Zaragosa and “Bulaklak.” (Supplemental Affidavit of Donasco
dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “M” to the CHR
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The women detainees conducted a noise barrage because their

fellow detainees Labrador, Pizarro and Yaun were attempted to
be taken out of her cell by the military but it did not push
through. (Supplemental Affidavit of Balleta and Javier dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annexes “C” and “Q” to the CHR
In the afternoon, military chaplain Fr. Vigo held a mass inside

the detention center and in his sermon, he mentioned that some
of the co-detainees had allegedly admitted to him that they were
NPAs. (Supplemental Affidavit of Doloricon dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “K” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010) Fr. Vigo defended himself on his opinion about
the statement of some nuns who visited us that we were
volunteer health workers. He even said that Sr. Edith is a liar.
Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as
2010)
Complainant-Detainee Eulogio Castillo was again taken out of
his cell around 8:00 pm against his will. He was brought to a hut
near the gate and saw Lt. Juvy dela Fuente Cabading and what
she claimed were former NPAs who were then already talking
with his co-detainees Pinero and Abarrientos. Lt. Cabading told
him that they will give him a new lawyer but he refused, saying
he already has his counsel of choice: the group of lawyers of
Atty. Edre Olalia. On the same day, a person named “Christorio
Magbanua” and his wife came to his cell and asked him to be a
state witness and he will be free soon. He was also asked to join
an organization called “Peace” but he refused. (Supplemental
Affidavit of Eulogio Castillo dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex
“E” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
NUPL lawyers Rey Cortez and Jun Oliva went to see the
detainees but were denied access despite protest to detainees
Paulino, Tawagon and Carandang who at that time were already
taken out and separated from the rest by the military. Maj.
Tabion informed the lawyers that the three detainees were taken
out to a fiscal. After the lawyers’ visit, two alleged rebel
returnees gave speeches and were coaxing them to live a new
life and to contact the organization PACE. (Supplemental Affidavit
of Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “Q” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Tawagon reportedly called her brother

and was being offered a house and lot by the military and the
schooling of her children. Detainee Eulogio Castillo forcibly
taken out again from his cell and interrogated and was being
asked to change his lawyers but he refused. Detainee Donasco
was again interrogated
March 3, 2010 In the morning, Maj. Tabion and Lt. Col Zaragosa went to each
cell and said that those who wanted to have a new life should
(Wednesday) just approach the former. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7
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Complainant-Detainee Pizarro was eventually transferred to

“Cell B” at night. She was placed in solitary confinement. Some
of the women detainees were also transferred to other cells.
(Supplemental Affidavits of Balleta, De Luna, Doloricon, Gonzales,
Javier and Labrador dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “C” “I”
“K” P” “Q” and “R” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12
March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Donasco was again transferred to

another cell and is repeatedly being talked to by the military but
she refused to get out of her cell. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Donasco dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “M” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Macabenta was taken out of his cell by

soldiers. (Supplemental Affidavit of Duano dated March 7, 2010 and
attached to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12March 2010
as Annex “L.”)
March 4, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Among was asked by Lt. Col Zaragoza in

the morning whether she wanted to get out of her cell. She
(Thursday) refused.
Complainant-Detainee De Luna was asked by warden Maj.
Tabion to go out of her cell because she was being summoned
by “boss” and she was instructed to bring her acupuncture
needles. She refused. After a while, Maj. Tabion came back
together with Lt. Col. Zaragoza, “Mangabang” and “Banaga.” Lt.
Col. Zaragoza told her that he will take her to the hospital and
that she should not worry because he will not interrogate her.
She still refused. At which point, Lt. Col. Zaragoza said: “Kung
sino pa ang may gustong mabuhay, magsabi na sa akin” (Tell me
who among you still wants to live) and he pointed and asked
each of them. (Supplemental Affidavit of De Luna dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “I” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
Around 11:00 pm, the military discreetly opened the cell of
Complainant-Detainee Pizarro and took her out. The guards on
duty then were Bulaklak, Calawag, Cea, Idloy and Mangabang
This was witnessed by co-detainee Emilia Marquez who said
that “takot natakot ang mukha ni Jennilyn” (Jennilyn’s was so
petrified and her face was pale and ashen. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Among, Javier and Labrador dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annexes “B” “Q” and “R” to the CHR Supplemental
Complainant-Detainee Balleta was awakened by co-detainee

Emelia Marquez around 11:00 pm and said that the military had
taken away co-detainee Pizarro. The female detainees
conducted a noise barrage around 11:37-11:49 pm in protest.
This angered warden Maj. Tabion who claimed that Pizarro was
still there. In his anger, he uttered: “Baka kabaitan ko pa lang ang
nakita ninyo at baka gusto nyong Makita ang pagkaberdugo ko.”
(You probably have just seen my good side. You might want to
see the killer in me). He also said that he will strangle us
(“Sakalin ko kayo.”) You want me to torture you all? (“Gusto niyo
tortyurin ko kayong lahat?) And to co-detainee Oliveros, Maj.
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Tabion said: “Huwag mong sabihin na buntis ka.” (It does not
matter to me that you are pregnant.) He even kicked the gate of
the cell of detainee Otanez. And when co-detainee Clamor
pleaded that they see their fellow detainees to check on them,
Maj. Tabion refused. (Supplemental Affidavits of Balleta, Castro, De
Luna, Doloricon, Gonzales and Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached
as Annex “C”, “D” “I” “K” “P” and “Q” to the CHR Supplemental
Complaint dated 12 March 2010) Maj. Tabion even threatened to
electrocute them. (Supplemental Affidavits of Castro, De Luna and
Gonzales dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “D” “I” and
“P” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010) The
detainees could not sleep that night because of what happened.
Complainant-Detainee Donasco even heard co-detainee Pizarro
scream when she was being taken away by the military. The
former was asked by the guards Cea and Calauagan whether
she wanted to follow the latter. Donasco replied that she will
never join and get out of her cell. (Supplemental Affidavit of
Donasco dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “M” to the CHR
Before Pizarro was taken away, she had been transferred to

“Cell B”. The female detainees conducted a noise barrage in
protest and to demand that she be returned. Lt. Col. Zaragoza
claimed that she decided not to return anymore. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Castro and Doloricon dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “D” and “K” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12
March 2010)
Before Complainant-Detainee Pizarro was taken away, she was
seen four times by guards “Bulaklak, Calaoagan, Cea and Idloy”
until she was eventually taken out. She seemed very, very
scared and when co-detainee De Luna and her fellow detainees
were calling her to ask where she was going, Pizarro just bowed
her head. (Supplemental Affidavit of De Luna dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “I” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12
March 2010)
At around 1:30 pm, Complainant-Detainee Labrador was

summoned to get out of her cell purportedly because she has a
visitor. She was suspicious as it was too early for visiting hours.
When she reached the visitors’ area, she found no visitors but
only three soldiers. She was asked if she was co-detainee Yaun.
She said she was not and the soldiers said they wanted the
latter. Labrador went back to her cell and warned Yaun about
what happened. Yaun then refused to get out of her cell.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Labrador dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “R” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
The military attempted to interrogate Complainant-Detainee

Obera but she refused.
The military also threatened the life of Complainant-Detainee

Emelia Marquez.
March 5, 2010 At dawn or early morning before the hearing in Morong RTC,
Complainant-Detainee Barrientos was forcibly taken outside his
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(Friday) cell. He has not been returned and his exact whereabouts are
not known to this day. There were already five of the
complainants-detainees that have been taken from their cells
and not returned, namely, Paulino, Barrientos and three other
female detainees. The detainees are afraid that they might be
next. (Supplemental Affidavits of Dematera, Escartin, Espera, Liberal
and Montes dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “J” “N” “O”
“S” and “Y” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Complainant-Detainee Among was blamed by warden Maj.

Manuel Tabion (aka Maj. “Navarro”) for the incident the night
before. (Supplemental Affidavit of Among dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “B” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Because of the incident the night before where Complainant-

Detainee Pizarro was taken out of her cell to an undisclosed
place and the threats of the military, Complainant-Detainee
Donasco was not able to sleep and had head and stomach
pains. Maj. Tabion told her that if she would’nt take medicines,
she might not be able to see her parents again.(Supplemental
Affidavit of Donasco dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “M” to
the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
At around 6:00 to 7:00 a.m., prior to going to the Regional Trial

Court in Morong, Rizal for the schedule arraignment, Maj.
Tabion threatened the victims-detainees that if they were caught
slipping any letter to the media and their respective relatives,
“Magkakasingilan pagdating sa Capinpin.” (You will be held liable
when we reach Capinpin) .(Supplemental Affidavit of Gonzales
dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “P” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Balleta and the rest of her fellow

detainees were brought to Morong RTC for the scheduled
arraignment. There they saw their fellow female detainees i.e.
Carandang, Tawagon and Pizarro who were previously taken out
of their cells and separated from the rest of them. (Supplemental
Affidavit of Balleta dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “C” to
Prior to the start of the hearing, the 38 Complainants-Detainees

saw again for the first time the five of their co-detainees who
have been separated from them. Complainant-Detainee
Gonzales and Labrador personally saw the extreme fear of their
co-detainees Carandang, Tawagon, Pizarro, Barrientos and
Paulino who have since been forcibly and schemingly separated
from the rest one by one because they looked dazed and would
not talk. They had very cold hands. The rest of their co-
detainees told the five who were separated that they are not
angry at them, that they love them anyway and understand what
they were going through, that they should be strong, that even if
they have been separated from them, they are still considered
part of “Morong 43” and that they will not be abandoned. The
five gave them hugs while they burst into tear. (Supplemental
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Affidavit of Gonzales and Labrador dated 7 March 2010 attached as

Annexes “P” and “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Castro was approached by Lt. Col.

Zaragoza who wanted to “talk” to her but she refused.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Castro dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “D” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Complainants-Detainees Paulino, Carandang and Tawagon were
now purportedly represented by Attys. Cyril Jurado and Hilda
Sacay-Clave, neither of whom are members of NUPL nor PILC.
NUPL and PILC lawyers entered their special appearance.
Paulino, Tawagon and Carandang purportedly executed
subsequent affidavits denying that they were handcuffed or
blindfolded, or subjected to any form of torture, that they were
supposedly NPAs and that they were being treated well. Military
lawyers claimed the 3 wanted to stay at Camp Capinpin.
Back to the camp’s detention center after the hearing, warden

Maj. Tabion cussed and badmouthed the Complainants-
Detainees’ lawyers and passed on the blame to them for their
non-transfer to Camp Crame, claiming that they will then will
be transferred only after the elections because of this.
(Supplemental Affidavit of Balleta dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annex “C” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Complainant-Detainee Murillo was interrogated again upon
arriving at the military camp by the same person as before.
Annex “Q” ” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
Complainant-Detainee Ocasla was also interrogated and was
asked about her address and her children because they wanted
to get the latter. The military also searched the personal
belongings of the detainees and the contact number given by
the ICRC was erased.
Complainant-Detainee Duano was again interrogated as the
military was not convinced with the address that he had given
that is why they could not contact his family supposedly for
them to visit him. (Supplemental Affidavit of Duano dated March 7,
2010 and attached to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12March 2010 as Annex “L.”)
March 6, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Clamor requested around 9:00 am that

her blood pressure be taken as she was not feeling well and that
(Saturday) she felt nauseated. But the guards would attend to her only an
hour after when Maj. Tabion came in to take co-detainee Oseo
out of her cell. (Supplemental Affidavit of Clamor dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “G” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
Around 10:00 am, three men and a woman arrived and were
pointing to Complainants-Detainees Oseo and Serato.
Annex “Q” ” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March
2010)
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Complainant-Detainee Oseo was attempted to be forcibly taken

out of her cell and transferred to “Cell B” but she screamed and
resisted and held on to the bars of her cell. Maj. Tabion ordered
the guards (Aggabao, Anga-Angan, Casillan/Pader and Capt.
Ramos) to bodily carry her but they failed. She was pleading to
Maj. Tabion not to bring her to “Cell B” alone. They protested
and invoked Republic Act No. 9745. Capt. Ramos simply said,
“Saan iyon?” (Where is that?) Maj. Tabion said: “Walang rights…
rights, kami ang masunod dito, hindi kayo” (What rights… rights,
we are the ones who should be followed, not you) She suffered
bruises in different parts of her body because of the struggle.
Complainant-Detainee Clamor offered to accompany Oseo in
“Cell B” so she would not be alone and separated from the rest
of the female detainees. Maj. Tabion relented. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Balleta, Castro, Clamor, de Luna, Doloricon, Gonzales,
Javier and Labrador dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “C,”
“D,” “G,” “I” “K” “P” “Q” and “R” to the CHR Supplemental
Complaint dated 12 March 2010) Because of their protest against
Oseo’s forced transfer, the detainees would not be taken out for
sunning for two days. (Supplemental Affidavit of Gonzales dated 7
March 2010 attached as Annex “P” to the CHR Supplemental
Complainant-Detainee Oseo invoked her right to counsel when
she was being interrogated. She was threatened to be
electrocuted. She suffered bruises in different parts of her body
because of the struggle. But she was also interrogated anyway
inside her cell but she refused and invoked her right to counsel.
At around 5:30 pm, Complainant-Detainee Oseo was visited by

someone she knew. They were allowed to talk for about two
hours. (Supplemental Affidavit of Clamor dated 7 March 2010
attached as Annex “G” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
For the longest time, the female detainees have felt immense
fear and when they tell the military that they will report to their
lawyers what they are doing to them, the military would just
guffaw. The female detainees were also prohibited from giving
food to their male co-detainees and are deprived of medical
assistance. (Supplemental Affidavit of De Luna dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “I” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
dated 12 March 2010) The Complainants-Detainees would not be
taken out for sunning for the next two days. (Supplemental Affidavit
of Doloricon dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “K” to the CHR
Complainant-Detainee Donasco continue to be “visited’ by the

military
That night at around 7:15 pm, Complainant-Detainee Escartin

was placed in another cell by two persons in civilian clothes and
three soldier guards. The complainants-detainees asked for
their names, and one of them identified himself as a certain
Francis Dawsiy/Domingo. The detainees asked the guards why
they are always being transferred from one cell to another but
they just said they were just following orders from their
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superiors. (Supplemental Affidavits of Dematera, Escartin and

Montes dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “J” “N” and “Y”
Up to this time, individuals in civilian clothes would

intermittently arrive at night and till dawn and pass by the
Complainant-Detainees’ cells and glance at them. (Supplemental
Affidavit of Montes dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “Y” to
Complainant-Detainee Pizarro taken out of military camp in a

van with plate number XPD-264.
Complainant-Detainee Ocasla was again interrogated and asked

to cooperate in exchange for her freedom.
Complainant-Detainee Serato was asked to get out of her cell

but she refused. When someone attempted to interrogate her
inside her cell, she refused and invoked her right to counsel.
Children of Carandang in the province taken by the military and

are now staying with her.
March 7, 2010 That morning, Complainant-Detainee Escartin was again placed

in another cell. Later at around 10:00 pm, he was subjected to
(Sunday) interrogation, asked who his companions are, who are his
visitors and was being forced to cooperate. (Supplemental
Affidavit of Dematera and Escartin dated 7March 2010 attached as
Annex “J” and “N” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12
March 2010)
Also around 9:00 am, Complainant-Detainee Clamor heard co-
detainee Oseo being summoned by the guards as she has a
visitor, an intelligence officer who happens to be the same
person that visited and talked to her the day before. They talked
for an hour. Oseo told her that she was being coaxed to “live a
new life” and to emulate Carandang and Tawagon. (Supplemental
Affidavits of Clamor and Javier dated 7 March 2010 attached as
Annexes “G” and “Q” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated
12 March 2010)
Complainants-Detainees Eulogio Castillo, Doloricon, Donasco,
Escartin, Gonzales, and Quinawayan remain in solitary
detention. (Supplemental Affidavit of Eulogio Castillo, Doloricon and
Escartin dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annexes “E” “K” “M”
and “N” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint dated 12 March 2010)
Complainant-Detainee Samson Castillo remains in solitary

confinement. Lt. Col. Zaragoza had told him that it has been a
month since they were arrested but the military still does not
know him well. He was being coaxed to confess because they
would soon find out anyway. (Supplemental Affidavit of Samson
Castillo dated 7 March 2010 attached as Annex “F” to the CHR
Children of Complainant-Detainee Carandang reportedly forcibly

taken by the military from her in-laws in Quezon.
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NUPL lawyers Olalia, Oliva and Fabros arrived at Camp

Capinpin together with five doctors and psychiatrists around
11:30 am and were able to see the detainees from past 12:00
noon to 7:00 pm
A certain Lt. Nelmida arrived at the gate at around 12:15pm. He
said it was ok for the lawyers to proceed to the detention center
but not the doctors. Atty. Olalia showed him the February 26
letter of CHR Chair de Lima to Gen. Segovia as well as the Order
of the CHR of even date, pointing out the specific portions of the
right of the detainees to medical assistance of their choice as
well as psychiatrists etc. He replied that he was just following
orders. Atty. Olalia said, based on RA 7438 and the CHR Order,
anyone that he speaks with who will prevent the doctors from
seeing their clients are liable under the law and also of
contempt from the CHR. He said he will have to clear this first.
It was half past 12:00 pm so I asked Lt. Nelmida where is Maj.

Tabion. Then a certain “Sgt. Roger Caballa” appeared in civilian
clothes and approached us and asked what is the problem.
Atty. Olalia repeated the demand for the doctors to be allowed
entry. Then Sgt. Caballa said he will clear this with his
superiors.
Atty. Olalia suggested that to save time for everybody, instead
of what they used to do of talking to two sets of women
detainees first then the male detainees, that the lawyers meet
them altogether. Again, the head female guard said they will
clear this up and informed Sgt. Caballa. She said we can only
talk to their clients. But the lawyers asserted that all 43 are their
clients. Sgt. Caballa returned and said the lawyers can only talk
to the male detainees and NOT the female detainees. The
lawyers raised hell of course and told the military they will have
a problem.
The lawyers overheard the other voice on the handheld radio
saying to the guards who called him that “Kung ayaw nila,
Huwag!” (If they do not want to agree to our regulations, then
they better scram.). Atty. Olalia asked Sgt. Caballa who gave the
order but he did not want to disclose who and left in a huff. A
female guard came back and said that what the order meant was
that they can see the male and female detainees as a group
separately but not together.
The 15 male detainees -- excluding Complainants-Detainees
Paulino and Barrientos – were led to the hut. The conference
started past 1:00 pm and ended around 3:30pm. Then they were
returned to their cells and it was the 23 female detainees who
were then led to the hut. The conference with them started
around 3:40pm and ended around 7:00 pm. Before the
conference with the male detainees, the military posted
uniformed armed soldiers nearby. The lawyers protested and
asserted they have to have their legal consultations in privacy
and confidentiality. They were ordered to step back at a safe
distance.
The lawyers suggested to the detainees and they agreed

unanimously to put in writing in their own words what they
know or recall of events post the last lawyers plenary visit of
February 21. The lawyers signed the affidavits as witnesses
separately. It was also learned that Complainant-Detainee
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Oliveros is four months pregnant while co-detainee Castro is

more than a month pregnant.
Attys. Olalia and Oliva took the chance while the detainees were
wiring their affidavits to talk with Maj. Tabion. Atty. Olalia
confronted him on the reports about his threat to electrocute the
female detainees when they conducted a noise barrage and that
he cussed the defense lawyers after the Morong hearing.
He said that he was pissed off with the noise barrage and the
hard-headedness of some of the female detainees. He boasted
that he is the warden there and that he must be the one who
should be followed and not the detainees. But Atty. Olalia said
his threat to electrocute is tantamount to psychological torture.
Maj. Tabion meekly said in retort “Bakit meron ba akong
inilectrocute sa kanila? Bakit meron ba akong pinitik kahit isa sa
kanila?” Atty. Olalia asserted that his threat nonetheless is illegal
and that he can be held liable.
Then Maj. Tabion said that if they do it again, “hihigpitan ko na

sila,” claiming that he has been “lenient” with them. When atty.
Olalia asked what he meant with “hihigpitan ko sila”, he just said
“ako na bahala dun.” “Baka kasi ako di makapagpigil!” Then when
Atty. Olalia raised again the report that he was cussing and back
fighting the defense lawyers in the presence of the detainees
after the hearing, he apologized and said that he was just
frustrated and will not utter such words again.
At one point, Atty. Olalia also pointed out to Major Tabion the
reports that he was asking and talking to the detainees without
the lawyers’ presence. He said “tanung and kwentuhan lang
naman.”
The 38 detainees executed and signed individually and privately
in their own handwriting Supplemental Affidavits and these
were all witnessed by said lawyers. However, Complainants-
Detainees Paulino, Tawagon and Carandang and also Pizarro
and Barrientos were not in the detention cells anymore and
have been segregated as a group somewhere by the military.
The affidavits, among others, recounted the significant events

and violations that have transpired since the last lawyers’ visit
on February 21 and attested to the circumstances of the still
repeated interrogations without counsel of choice, the threats,
intimidation, and the taking out of the said five segregated
detainees from their cells at different times.
They also narrated how some of the other detainees were

attempted to be taken out of their cells and repeatedly
interrogated. (Pls. see Supplemental Affidavits attached to the
Supplemental Complaint dated 17 March 2010 filed with the CHR).
Attys. Olalia and Oliva spoke with at length with Maj. Tabion
while the female Complainants-Detainees were constructing
their Supplemental Affidavits and demanded to see the five
segregated detainees Paulino, Tawagon and Carandang and
also Pizarro and Barrientos but were denied access despite
protest. Maj. Tabion specifically called Col Zaragosa in the
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presence of the lawyers for this purpose.
Outside the camp, we got reports from the relatives that they
saw co-detainee Pizarro taken of the camp in a van.
At around 2:00 pm, while the detainees’ lawyers were in the hut
conferring with the male detainees, Maj. Tabion taunted the
female detainees to report to their lawyers. He said that he does
not mind (“Wala akong pakialam”) Complainant-Detainee Javier
said to him: “You are taking us personally.” He answered: “No, I
am a professional… professional killer.. someday I will kill you”
And then he quickly added: “… with laughter” Javier did not take
this as a joke given the fact that Maj. Tabion had repeatedly
threatened them. (Supplemental Affidavit of Javier dated 7 March
2010 attached as Annex “Q” ” to the CHR Supplemental Complaint
It was learned that Complainant-Detainee Among was asked to

be taken out by the military out of his cell but he refused.
Detainee Oseo was also interrogated by the military and was
being asked to cooperate just like detainee Carandang and
Tawagon. Detainee Mark Escartin was also interrogated again
and being forced to cooperate.
Complainant-Detainee Ortiz was being taken from his cell and to

a house and offered another lawyer but he refused.
March 9, 2010 A certain Col. Nobleza of PNP CIDG went to the detention center
and were asking the remaining 38 detainees to sign papers and
(Tuesday) be fingerprinted purportedly because they were necessary for
their transfer; none of the remaining 23 women detainees
(except Complainant-Detainee Clamor who just gave her
fingerprints) did so and invoked their right to counsel of their
choice; the 15 remaining male detainees however filed up only
their personal circumstances and did not answer incriminatory
questions. Maj. Tabion claimed that they will be transferred that
week to Camp Crame in batches.
Complainant-Detainee Macabenta was given a cell phone
number by a soldier to ask his brother to call him for his and his
family’s “protection”. He had been interrogated 4 or 5 times and
asked to admit as NPA and to cooperate.
March 10, 2010 Gen. Segovia claimed in a TV show that Complainants-

Detainees Paulino, Carandang, Tawagon, Barreintos and Pizarro
(Wednesday) have purportedly rejected their “NDF lawyer,” got new lawyers,
admitted in their affidavits that they are members of the NPA,
that they want to live new lives and that they requested to be
separated from the rest of their 38 other co-detainees.
Complainant-Detainees Eulogio Castillo, Duano and Ortiz were

“visited” by Lt. Zaragosa at night.
Children of Complainant-Detainee Tawagon from Quezon

province reportedly were being taken by two military but her
relatives refused.
March 11, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Among attempted to be taken out by the
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(Thursday) military but was unsuccessful because she resisted.
Maj. Tabion again reportedly told some of the Complainants-

Detainees will be transferred to Camp Crame in batches
tomorrow and then on Saturday and Monday.
March 12, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Otanez and Martinez were “visited” by Lt.
Col. Jaime Abawag and Lt. Col. Detoyato together with an
(Friday) alleged rebel-returnee.
March 13, 2010 Complainant-Detainee De Luna was transferred De Luna to the

infamous “Cell B” and is in solitary confinement.
(Saturday)
Complainant-Detainees Carandang, Pizarro and Tawagon,
accompanied by Lt. Col. Zaragosa, Maj. Tabion and soldier
Bulaklak “visited” the female detainees and were supposedly
“persuading” the latter to cooperate.
March 18, 2010 1st hearing at the CHR hearing. Military did not produce the 43
Complainants-Detainees. (Pls. see CHR Order dated March 19,
(Thursday) 2010 for details of what happened, inter alia.)
During the break in the hearing, NUPL lawyer Olalia was moved
to approach Atty. Clave in view of her statement earlier during
the hearing that and “under her oath as a lawyer” that she
informed the NUPL and PILC lawyers of the Complainants-
Detainees (particularly with respect to segregated detainees
Barrientos, Carandang, Paulino, Pizarro, and Tawagon) of her
substitution as one of the new counsels. Atty. Olalia corrected
her that she and Atty. Jurado have not at any time since the time
of the arrest informed them of their entry. They only learned of
such representation indirectly through their dubious
appearance in the hearing at the Morong RTC on March 5. He
reminded her that as a matter of courtesy and professionalism,
they should have informed the NUPL and PILC lawyers of this
development.
Atty. Clave expressed her apologies because she said she
“never had the opportunity to do so.” He shared the whole
context of the engagement of the NUPL and PILC lawyers by
both the Complainants-Detainees and their respective relatives
as far back as day one and this is evidenced by written
instruments. She also admitted that it was Atty. Jurado who
engaged her and not the segregated detainees themselves and
she claimed she does not know who approached the latter.
Finally, Atty. Clave admitted that when she “assisted” the
segregated detainees on their subsequent written statements
purportedly denying any torture or manhandling by the military
and the supposed severing of the legal services of their counsel
of record, they did so in the presence and while in the absolute
control and custody of the military.
Complainant-Detainee De Luna was reportedly asked by Lt. Col.

Zaragoza to turn against her co-detainees. There are reports
that Complainant-Detainee Among and Clamor was likewise
asked by Lt. Zaragosa and Maj. Tabion to do the same.
Complainant-Detainee Gonzales and Doloricon were “visited” by

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Gen. Lucero.
March 19, 2010 Military showed to remaining 38 detainees an edited clip of the
news on Channel 2 showing the 5 detainees in their custody and
(Friday) purportedly admitting to be NPAS but cutting the portions of
Attys. Olalia and Matibag’s interview. The 5 detainees were
interviewed by Channel 2 TV reporter Jay Ruiz inside Camp
Capinpin but in a house therein. Soldiers were surrounding
them but were out of camera’s range. It was learned later that
the TV reporter wanted to interview all 43 detainees but the
military only allowed the 5.
Complainant-Detainee Pinero has been suffering from extremely
high blood pressure but the military would not provide him
adequate medical assistance.
March 21, 2010 NUPL lawyers Olalia, Matibag and collaborating counsel Atty.
Rey Apuhin (for detainee Gary Liberal) saw and conferred with
(Sunday) the 38 detainees from past noon to 6:00 pm after having made to
wait at the camp’s gate for more than an hour. They wanted to
see the 5 others but no responsible officer was around to make
a decision.
Remaining 38 recounted how the military –sometimes together
with supposed “rebel returnees” –and now with new higher
ranking military officers, continue to coax, coerce and even woo
them (e.g. Ray-om Among, Eulogio Castillo, Leah de Luna,
Lilibeth Donasco, Julius Duano, Ronilo Espera, Jacqueline
Gonzales, Rey Macabenta,, Pearl Martinez, Linda Otanez, Jovy
Ortiz etc.) to follow the footsteps of the 5 and get the services of
another lawyer. They stood their ground and invoked their right
to counsel of their choice, i.e. NUPL and PILC. Carandang,
Tawagon and Pizarro with the military visited the female
detainees and were trying to influence and coax them to follow
what they did. Nobody budged and the 38 treated the 5 of their
companions as victims of the military’s scheme.
The detainees complained that the military gave more
restrictions to them after the CHR hearing (e.g. no more
sunning, no drying of clothes outside, fewer budgets for food,
no hot water, no mineral water etc.) Unlike the previous
lawyers’ visits were Maj. Tabion met the lawyers and exchanged
pleasantries and even conversed with them, this time he just
walked by and made himself scarce.
March 22, 2010 Opposition to the application for judgeship of Atty. Cyrus
(Monday) Jurado was filed with the JBC.
March 24, 2010 In the afternoon, there was a hearing for the arraignment of
Complainants-Detainees Romeo dela Cruz, Macabenta and
(Wednesday) Obera at the Morong MTC for alleged violation of election law on
gun ban was reset due to the absence of the fiscal. Curiously,
there was also a “bomb threat” at the time the hearing was about
to start. The relatives of the Complainants-Detainees submitted
a petition-letter to the Morong RTC judge regarding the transfer
of the Complainants-Detainees to Camp Crame.
Complainant-Detainee Macabenta was reportedly informed by

warden Maj. Tabion that he will be taken out of his cell the
following day purportedly because he has a hearing in Quezon.
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March 25, Paralegals verified with the courts in Infanta and Lucena,
2010(Thursday) Quezon and found out that there is no case filed against
Complainant-Detainee Macabenta.
March 27, 2010 Complainant-Detainee Gonzales was “visited” by a former

schoolmate who was struggling to convince her to cooperate
(Saturday) with the military. She stood her ground and said she cannot turn
her back on her commitment and principles.
March 30, 2010 Military men with alleged rebel returnees reportedly went to the
house of the mother of Complainant-Detainee Paulino. They
(Tuesday) claimed that she is missing and that Karapatan is supposedly
hiding her. The military offered Paulino’s siblings free
transportation and food to visit their brother. They left a letter
from Paulino addressed to her mother.
Complainants-Detainees Paulino, Carandang, Tawagon,
Barrientos and Pizarro were reportedly brought by the military
to the detention center of the 38 complainants-detainees. There
are reports that they are staying in a house just immediately
outside the gates of the detention center. Complainants—
Detainees Carandang and Tawagon were purportedly coaxing
the other complainants-detainees to “return to the fold of the
law” and cooperate as they did. The 38 stood their ground.
March 31, 2010 Bishops Pabillo and Yniguez of the Roman Catholic Church
were able to visit the detainees upon prior communication with
(Wednesday) Gen. Segovia. At first, Protestant bishops Toquero, Bolocon,
Garol, Pascua and Rex Reyes were not allowed to get in. After
negotiations, they were eventually allowed. Marie Enriquez of
Karapatan was also set to join. The military vehicle which was
supposed to bring them to the detention center came very late
to get them. Gen. Segovia changed his mind and said the
Protestant bishops will not be allowed anymore as it is already
“crowded” inside. At which point, the Catholic bishops cane out
together with military chaplain Martinez. After negotiations, only
the Protestant bishops were eventually allowed to visit.
April 6, 2010 The relatives of the Complainants-Detainees visited their kin at

the detention center. They are just allowed five minutes to see
(Tuesday) and talk with them. Newspapers, prohibited since day one,
remain to be prohibited entry.
The relatives reported that Complainants-Detainees Barrientos,

Carandang, Paulino, Pizarro, and Tawagon, accompanied by the
military, “visited” the other 38 detainees sometime last week.
Complainant-Detainee De Luna, among others, was able to
speak with them. The details of the “visit” and conversations
among them are being followed up. Also, a certain Col. Reyes
“visited” Complainant-Detainee Gonzales twice. Details have yet
to be received.
(Note: Detainees Angelica Doloricon, Lilibeth Donasco, Jacqueline Gonzales, Teresa

Quinawayan, and Elena Serato remain in solitary confinement to this day while all the
male detainees, except for Dr. Alexis Montes and Edwin Dematera, are likewise still in
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solitary confinement. As of this time, relatives are generally allowed 5 minutes only of
visit.)

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CHRONOLOGY OF COMPLAINANTS’/DETAINEES’ EXPERIENCES

The participants of the training arrived in several batches in the

Late afternoon, Gary Liberal, an operating room nurse of the

After the arrest, the 43 health workers were made to board

The respective recollections and individual accounts of the

(1) Complainant-Detainee Ray-on AMONG, female, 25 years old,

Among was handcuffed and blindfolded. They were made to

and asked if they were her comrades. Her fingerprints were

Among and her co-detainees were again made to board a

At times when she had to go to the comfort room, since her

Balleta was interrogated endlessly. Several persons took turns

Balleta was blindfolded and handcuffed for 36 hours. They only

(3) Complainant-Detainee John Mark BARRIENTOS, male, 20

Barrientos was later brought again to a different place while still

When night came, they took Barrientos’ my fingerprints. He felt

(4) Complainant-Detainee Eleonor CARANDANG, female,

At first, Carandang thought that there were only a few soldiers

Carandang found out that they were already brought to Camp

well as those of her other companions.

The soldiers’ “psychological torture” has affected Eulogio

(6) Complainant-Detainee SAMSON CASTILLO, male, 42 years

Samson Castillo and his co-trainees were taken to a place that

(7) Complainant-Detainee Mercy CASTRO, female, 27 years old,

Castro and her colleagues and were made to ride a vehicle

(8) Complainant-Detainee Dr. Merry CLAMOR, female, 33 years

demanded by Dr. Velmonte.

Clamor told them that what they’re doing is a violation of her

of death. She pleaded if it was possible for her to call her

(9) Complainant-Detainee RAMON DELA CRUZ, male, 21 years

In the military camp, Ramon dela Cruz was threatened and

Due to the great pain brought by the punch on Ramon dela

(10) Complainant-Detainee ROMEO DELA CRUZ, male, 53 years

Romeo dela Cruz was placed in solitary confinement at the

was not allowed visit by counsel until February 11. His

(11) Complainant-Detainee Leah DE LUNA, female, 28 years old,

From then up to February 11, De Luna would be called and

his colleagues. No warrant of arrest was presented. He was

Dematera was continuously coerced to admit that he was a

Dematera had always asked that he be able to speak to a lawyer

(13) Complainant-Detainee Angela DOLORICON, female, 50

Doloricon saw on the driveway the other participants already

Doloricon saw soldiers holding sacks with something inside,

heavy backpack but they refused to accept it because it was not

When Doloricon and company arrived at the place, the soldiers

The soldiers who interrogated Doloricon asked her the same

The soldiers just continued to interrogate and threaten

(14) Complainant-Detainee Lilibeth DONASCO, female, 24 years

After that, they placed Donasco and her company in a vehicle

Donasco was still blindfolded and handcuffed when a person

When Donasco was not able to answer promptly the questions

While they were asking Donasco questions, the soldiers

Donasco’s greatest fear during the interrogations was when she

(15) Complainant-Detainee Julius DUANO, male, 30 years old,

Duano and his companions were boarded on a vehicle and

Duano was being forced to admit that he is a member of the

Simultaneous to their questioning was their intermittent

After the interrogations, they boarded Duano and his company

Duano heard the screams of his detained companions,

each other and if they disobeyed them, they threatened to kill

(16) Complainant-Detainee Mark ESCARTIN, male, 20 years old

In the almost unrelenting and repeated questioning, Escartin

Throughout his illegal detention, Escartin was never apprised of

detainees were also prohibited. They have not been taken

(17) Complainant-Detainee Ronilo ESPERA, male, 31 years old,