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Statement of Jose Pernia Cellphone Number: +63928.470.9368 January 17, 2008 SURFACE AND RELEASE MY BROTHER NOW! Exactly a week after the abduction of my brother, Iglecerio Pernia 51 years old in Santa Maria Bulacan while seeking medical attention for his heart and kidney ailments, we in the family reiterate our call for the military to surface him. After initial denials made by the military, we have confirmed that the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) is holding him “incommunicado” in a maximum security detention facility in Camp Aguinaldo. This after his captors finally allowed me and his son Roberto to talk to him for a short while, but not before making sure that we are not accompanied by a lawyer or a doctor. This is highly irregular and terrifying! We believe that as long as my brother Iglecerio is in the hands of a military agency as notorious as ISAFP, we are worried that he is possibly being subjected to torture. His solitary confinement in a heavily guarded location and the military’s continuous denial of his basic rights to access a counsel and seek medical service vital for his ailing health and a regular visit by us; his family, his friends and the media as “bestial torture” to say the least. We are demanding to both Gen. Hermogenes Esperon and ISAFP chief Delfin Bangit to surface my brother and put an end to his arbitrary detention. We ask them to respect the rule of law and immediately transfer his custody to civilian authority. If the military have a case against him, why don’t they file cases in courts and bring him to Bicol to face trial? We assert that his basic rights to due process and fair trial be restored at once. #
			Jose Pernia, younger brother of abducted NDFP consultant

			Mary Guy Portajada, spokesperson of DESAPARECIDOS
			Press Release Reference: Jigs Clamor January 15, 2008 Mobile No. +639189790580 Surface my father, son of suspected CPP rebel pleas Kin and rights group deplored Pernia’s incommunicado detention The family of the arrested suspected communist rebel Iglecerio “Ka Choy” Pernia today appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to surface him and respect his right to due process. The AFP denied having Pernia in custody at the Camp Aguinaldo days after his arrest in Bulacan on Jan. 9. “Why are they hiding Papa from us?” said a frustrated Roberto, son of Pernia who failed to see his father yesterday as officials of the Intelligence Service Group of the AFP (ISAFP) refused to confirm where was being detained. As of this writing, the ISAFP has finally confirmed that they have Pernia but his family is yet to see him. The younger Pernia and other relatives came all the way from Bicol yesterday to visit his detained father, after Bicol PNP spokesperson Sr. Superintendent Eliciar Bron confirmed to media that he was brought to ISAFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo. “I’m hoping against hope that they will surface Papa unscathed, given the military’s notoriety in torturing their captives,” he added. Pernia also lamented how his father was maligned in the media by the AFP, who called Pernia a “gambler and extortionist.” “They pictured him in bad light, when it was them who violated the laws and my father’s rights as a detained person,” said the younger Pernia. Meanwhile, Jigs Clamor, KARAPATAN deputy secretary general lambasted the AFP for intentionally hiding Pernia from his family. “Aside from the brazen extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances carried out by the AFP, they have time and again violated the rights of arrested persons,” Clamor said. He cited the case of NDF consultant Elizabeth Principe whom the AFP also denied having in custody, but had actually detained incommunicado from Nov. 28 until she was presented to the media on Dec. 1.



“How much intelligence does the ISAFP need to be able to confirm if an arrested person was in their custody?” Clamor commented. ### Download statement

PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines Palayain si Ka Choy! Enero 15, 2008 Mariing kinukundena ng NDF Bicol ang di-makatao at iligal na pagdetine kay Iglecerio "Ka Choy" Pernia, NDF Consultant, sa ISAFP Headquarters ng Camp Aguinaldo. Patuloy na nilalabag ng AFP at gubyernong Arroyo ang mga karapatan ni Ka Choy na nakasaad sa Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG). Sa loob ng mahigit anim na araw, patuloy na pinagkakaitan si Ka Choy ng kanyang mga batayang karapatan tulad ng pagkakaroon ng sariling abogado upang idepensa ang sarili, at ang karapatang magpatingin ng kanyang kalagayan sa kalusugan sa mapagkakatiwalaang doktor. Labis na nag-aalala ang pamilya at mga kaibigan ni Ka Choy sa dinaranas nitong trauma na posibleng bunga ng mental at physical torture sa kamay ng ISAFP. Halos hindi ito makausap nang makita nila kanina sa ISAFP headquarters. Nangangamba din sila na lumubha ang sakit nito sa puso, hypertension, at ang idinadaing ni Ka Choy na problema sa kidney. Reference: Greg Bañares NDF-Bikol Spokesperson E-mail:greg_banares@yahoo.com

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The family of the arrested suspected communist rebel Iglecerio “Ka Choy” Pernia today appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to surface him and respect his right to due process. The AFP denied detaining Pernia at Camp Aguinaldo after his arrest in Bulacan on Jan. 9 but later admitted having him in custody.