AFP wants perjury charges against environmental activists
The Armed Forces of the Philippines says it will sue the two environmental advocates who disappeared, then resurfaced under their custody.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/afp-wants-perjury-charges-against-environmental-activists/
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00:00 The Armed Forces of the Philippines says it will sue the two environmental advocates who disappeared, then resurfaced under their custody
00:07 The AFP says this during plenary deliberations in the House of Representatives for its proposed budget for 2024
00:14 Would the AFP admit to abducting the two young women, Mr. Speaker?
00:20 No, Mr. Speaker, and the AFP plans to file perjury cases or charges against the two
00:28 During plenary deliberations, it is not the heads of agencies who answer questions from the floor but the department budget sponsor
00:35 Kabataan Rep. Raul Manuel asked about the case of environmental activists Jed Damano and Jonila Castro, who went missing on September 2
00:43 The two later declared they were abducted by the military, despite authorities saying they were safely under government custody
00:49 The three-member Marabayan bloc, which Manuel is part of, filed a proposed House resolution urging the chamber's Human Rights Committee to investigate the supposed abduction