Police confiscate various firearms when it raided the house of 75-year-old Adolfo Salas Sr., but his family says these were planted.
CEBU, Philippines – Police arrested 75-year-old Adolfo “Tatay Opong” Salas Sr., a former farmers movement leader, in his residence in Barangay Tubod, Candijay town in Bohol on Thursday morning, May 25, in what his family claimed was a case of the cops planting evidence,
“During the search, they were able to confiscate pieces of evidence which include a .45 caliber pistol, .45 caliber magazines, 6 units of live ammunition, and another unit of a steel magazine,” Saavedra told Rappler in a phone call interview on Thursday afternoon. After the operation, police brought Salas to Camp Francisco Dagohoy in Tagbilaran City for inquest proceedings.
Civil rights groups and unions have condemned the arrest of Tatay Opong, calling it an attack against peasant leaders, human rights defenders, and activists alike.
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