(UPDATE) THE Supreme Court has ordered national and local army officials to answer allegations that they were involved in the disappearance of two land rights advocates last July or to show proof that they conducted investigations with regard to the said case, including its results.

In a six-page en banc resolution dated November 29 and made public on Friday, the Supreme Court granted a writ of amparo and temporary protection order in favor of Azase Galang who sought for court intervention after her mother, Ma. Elena 'Cha' Cortez Pampoza of Anakpawis, and Elgene 'Leleng' Mungcal of Gabriela Women's party-list went missing July 3 of this year.