Sunday, May 24, 2009

FilAm volunteer health worker abducted in the Philippines

NEW YORK (May 24) -- A Filipino American from Los Angeles and two of her companions were abducted by eight armed, hooded men in Sitio Bagong Sikat, Barangay Kapaniktan, La Paz, Tarlac on May 19.

Bayan-USA, in a press statement, said Karapatan, the human-rights group, had reported that the three were taken at gunpoint by eight men wearing bonnets over their heads.  The men used two motorcycles and a Besta van without license plates -- typical of abductions and enforced disappearances in the Philippines.

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