INSISTING that accusations of leftist groups against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are mere propaganda, a military official on Sunday challenged human-rights group Karapatan to also seek justice for lumad (indigenous people) allegedly killed by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the past.
Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala, commander of the AFP Civil Relations Service (CRS), said the killing of a school teacher and two leaders of the Manobo tribe in Surigao del Sur two weeks ago was a result of a tribal war and the military has nothing to do with it.
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