BABALA: SENSITIBONG PAKSA
Sa gitna ng kaguluhan nang tumama ang magnitude 5.9 na lindol sa Socorro, Surigao del Norte noong 2019, nangako diumano ng isang bagong paraiso ang noo’y 17 taong gulang na si Jey Rence Quilario na o mas kilala bilang “Senior Agila”.
Pero ang ipinangakong paraiso, tila naging bangungot daw para sa ilang tumakas. Ang mga menor de edad na miyembro raw kasi, diumano’y puwersahang pinagtatrabaho at sapilitang ikinakasal.
Ang usaping ito, umabot na sa Senado.
Nitong Biyernes, umakyat ng Sitio Kapihan ang #KMJS. Ang pinuno ng grupo na si Senior Agila, nakapanayam ng KMJS team.
Ang panig ng dalawang nag-uumpugang bato, panoorin sa video.
Sa gitna ng kaguluhan nang tumama ang magnitude 5.9 na lindol sa Socorro, Surigao del Norte noong 2019, nangako diumano ng isang bagong paraiso ang noo’y 17 taong gulang na si Jey Rence Quilario na o mas kilala bilang “Senior Agila”.
Pero ang ipinangakong paraiso, tila naging bangungot daw para sa ilang tumakas. Ang mga menor de edad na miyembro raw kasi, diumano’y puwersahang pinagtatrabaho at sapilitang ikinakasal.
Ang usaping ito, umabot na sa Senado.
Nitong Biyernes, umakyat ng Sitio Kapihan ang #KMJS. Ang pinuno ng grupo na si Senior Agila, nakapanayam ng KMJS team.
Ang panig ng dalawang nag-uumpugang bato, panoorin sa video.
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00:00 Breaking news this week,
00:04 the Deumanoy is a cult in Surigao del Norte
00:08 that some of the victims are children of Deumanoy
00:13 who are being raped, abused and forced to get married.
00:19 In 2019, the land was ravaged
00:22 and the believers of the supporters of Surigao del Norte were defeated.
00:27 The magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit some parts of Surigao del Norte earlier.
00:31 When the magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit them,
00:36 but in the middle of the chaos,
00:41 a Deumanoy, a famous savior, promised a new paradise.
00:48 He is the 17-year-old Jay Renz Killario,
00:55 who is better known in their area as Senor Aguila.
00:59 That's what we're thinking about, that he is really God.
01:04 Because there's an aftershock and a tsunami that will happen.
01:08 If we don't join, we'll all go to the empire.
01:11 More than 5,000 people from different places,
01:15 even professionals such as police, government employees, and teachers,
01:22 immediately resigned from their jobs
01:25 to comply with the invitation to join the so-called SBSI,
01:30 Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated.
01:33 We all made a mass resignation.
01:36 We climbed a mountain.
01:37 He promised us that we will go to heaven.
01:40 That's what our new Messiah told us.
01:42 They are believing.
01:43 If they die there, they will surely go to heaven.
01:45 But the promised paradise was closed.
01:50 It's a disaster.
01:52 I'm so sorry.
01:54 Why did I stay there for so long?
01:56 Some of them said that their life in the camp became hell.
02:01 They were forced to get married and join the SBSI members.
02:08 They told me that I can do it.
02:10 I can rape them because they are my wife.
02:13 They were forced to leave their families and forced to work.
02:18 The most troublesome thing here is that they did not leave.
02:21 They even abused the children.
02:24 I really know who caused the turbulence and who forced them to get married.
02:28 How true is it that they were forced to join the SBSI?
02:35 It's a cult.
02:36 One of the members of the group,
02:41 the one and only Gemma,
02:44 her real name is not her real name.
02:46 All of us, my parents, my siblings,
02:49 we did not expect that we would live there forever.
02:52 The members of the group,
02:54 the 353 hectares of land that was occupied by the Sitio Kapihan,
03:00 is located in the top of the mountain.
03:02 The Sitio Kapihan is said to be like a community of houses,
03:11 made of wood.
03:13 They have their own family and recording studio.
03:17 They even have their own radio station.
03:20 When a member of your family is sick, they help you.
03:24 They will help you to weld on house because there is a so-called "Bayanihan".
03:28 Gemma was placed there in different clusters or groups.
03:32 It's a cluster by age.
03:34 She can identify the people who she can use and who can be at home.
03:39 The schedule is tight.
03:42 Every 3 am, they are all awake for a help.
03:48 The rules are repeated every day so that you will not be exposed.
03:53 After that, they will do their volunteer work, like planting.
03:58 They are also used to military exercises.
04:03 As soon as you have a gun, as soon as you are authorized by the senior,
04:07 you can hold the children.
04:09 They are like having their own world.
04:12 But they have things to sacrifice.
04:19 The members are ordered by Senior Aguila to leave their lives down.
04:26 It is strictly prohibited that they have a connection outside,
04:30 even to their own children.
04:33 Something that Alias Beth experienced.
04:36 Senior told them that my family is a "Lazon".
04:40 They were not allowed to enter.
04:42 They are like prisoners.
04:44 You cannot go out of the house without a pass that was given by Senior.
04:50 There is a punishment if you find out that you have escaped.
04:53 Sometimes, you will be punished or you will be restricted in the police station.
04:57 You will be beaten there, you will be beaten on the head.
04:59 Because the work in the house is voluntary,
05:03 the members do not receive any salary.
05:06 They feed themselves.
05:09 It is also prohibited to have material things like money.
05:13 Senior told us that no one can go to heaven if you have money in your hands.
05:18 That's why they have to sell their possessions outside.
05:23 They told us that they cannot use it anymore because the entire Socorro will be submerged.
05:27 The 40% that we sold our house, Senior Aguila gave it to us.
05:32 Here's more, 40% of the benefits received by the members of the government,
05:38 like 4-piece and pension of senior citizens,
05:42 they do not have to donate for the expenses of SBSI.
05:48 The people there, even if they are poor,
05:50 all the income of the people is collected by them.
05:53 She said, "It's okay to ask because if you don't ask and if you are ashamed, you are a demon."
05:59 We became a demon. It's like you're lowering yourself.
06:02 Even if it's 5 pesos, we don't have any.
06:04 It's up to me to do something now.
06:07 At least, someday, Senior promised that we will go to heaven.
06:15 This is illegal, simple robbery.
06:18 The maximum penalty for this is 10 years imprisonment.
06:21 The law clearly states that money is needed
06:25 only for the beneficiaries of the law.
06:29 The members also worked hard, even the minors,
06:35 like what the children of Geman experienced.
06:38 They were forced to work in their barracks.
06:40 They were forced to work, they were forced to get sand and stones.
06:43 She told me, "Mom, is this how we really are?"
06:45 It's painful, mom, to see your child like that every day.
06:50 She wants to study.
06:51 But what they were most heartbroken about was the order to force some of their fellow members to get married.
07:00 We need to get married. We cannot go to heaven.
07:04 One of the first to get married to her fellow member,
07:09 was Alfred, who was 18 years old.
07:12 He didn't have a real name.
07:14 The women and the children, she was the only one who was married.
07:18 I risked it because she was 24 years old.
07:20 It was very difficult because we were the same, we didn't have a choice.
07:23 If you don't get the woman in three nights, we would call the adjustment.
07:27 We were called by Sen. Aguila.
07:29 He told me, "You can do it, rape her because she's your wife, she can't do anything."
07:35 I really couldn't do it because I didn't really intend to rape her.
07:39 Even the minors or children, even if their parents didn't have a say,
07:45 they were still forced to get married.
07:48 I really know who was the first to get married.
07:52 We have a minimum age requirement for marriage to be valid.
07:57 So those who were married below 18 years of age, marriage is not valid.
08:02 Child marriage, whoever is with a minor or an adolescent,
08:08 can also be sentenced to prison.
08:12 I think that is about 6 to 12 years and there is a fine of P50,000 or more.
08:19 If a family member does not return immediately after going out or going down the mountain,
08:27 the wife who was left behind will be forced to marry someone else,
08:31 just like what happened to Gemma's friend.
08:34 She went down the mountain for a month.
08:36 When she returned to Capian, her husband got married.
08:39 It was a forced marriage. If you are the man, if you are the one who lived there,
08:43 you can choose the woman you want to marry.
08:46 Marriage requires that the woman and the man are voluntarily involved.
08:52 If there is a forced marriage, the status of that marriage is valid until it is annulled.
08:59 Because of the bad conduct and behavior of the group,
09:04 some members decided to run away.
09:07 Until Beth was forced to disappear in 2021 and since then, she has not returned.
09:15 I left my family behind.
09:17 I kept thinking, "Why did I stay there for so long?"
09:24 I said, "This is not right. There is something wrong. I am so blind and deaf.
09:30 I believe that they are right, that God is really there."
09:34 Their stories reached the local government of Socorro once.
09:40 One of the survivors, Marie, her real name is not revealed, posted her story online
09:47 when she was forced to marry someone else, her husband who was left behind in the mountains.
09:53 He was forced to marry someone else.
09:55 We were together for 17 years. We have three children.
09:59 Because, ma'am, it hurts. I don't know what I will do then.
10:09 That is why the LGU or the Local Government Unit of Socorro created a special task force
10:17 to invite other witnesses who have gone there and investigate the truth of what is happening inside the SBSI.
10:25 We thought that only a few people would go there.
10:29 It is hard to enter that place because the gate is three layers.
10:33 The guards are fully armed and there are 48 guardhouses surrounding it.
10:38 The government is really powerless.
10:40 This hot issue in Mindanao reached the Senate when Senator Risa Ontiveros
10:49 gave her privileged speech on September 18.
10:55 More than 1,000 youths were in the hands of a cruel, cruel and abusive cult.
11:04 Mayor Risa Tim Kang reached out directly to them.
11:08 They were the ones who were able to save the eight children who escaped last July.
11:13 The next step was given by the Senate Committee on Public Safety and secondarily by the Senate Committee on Women and Children on September 28.
11:25 We invited all stakeholders, the children and their parents, including Sen. Aguila.
11:33 To get the attention of Sen. Aguila.
11:39 This Friday, our team climbed up Sitio Capihan.
11:43 But what caught their attention was a cultural show.
11:56 (Chanting)
12:15 The female members were noticed to have short hair.
12:19 This is our identity. Even if we are different, we can identify that we are truly the Capihan person.
12:26 Attention in the area. The bodies in Capihan are different.
12:31 Their location was also shown to our team.
12:35 This is the Quadrangle. This is where we trained for our participation in cultural shows.
12:42 What you see up there is called the foxhole.
12:45 According to them, for us, that's called "lagkaw". In English, it's called "guardhouse".
12:50 That purpose is because we are in the middle of the land.
12:54 If the heat is too high, like now, that's what they'll see.
12:57 And there was the leader of the organization, J. Renz or Sen. Aguila, who held a presentation.
13:06 He lied about his malicious plans.
13:10 As long as you have a gun, as long as you are authorized by the Sen. you can hold the children.
13:15 We were shooting while we were doing military training.
13:18 Because of our shooting, we were doing video making. It was just props.
13:22 The women and children were just being compared.
13:26 I really know who the Lagkaw of Turbulence is and who he married there.
13:30 There was no ceremony that happened. It's not a child marriage because I wasn't married. I'm not a priest.
13:36 I'm a believer of God. I'm a God.
13:40 There's a punishment if you find out that you ran away.
13:43 Sometimes, you're punished or you're restricted in the foxhole.
13:46 And you're even beaten there. You get a headshot.
13:49 Our community is like a subdivision.
13:52 It's not prohibited, it's regulated.
13:54 Because we live here peacefully.
13:57 We don't want to be involved with bad people because it's for our safety purposes.
14:01 The people there, they're even robbers.
14:03 Do you know that all the money that people earn is collected by them?
14:06 That's not true, ma'am. It's all from the robbers.
14:09 Our funds are for helping each other.
14:13 We're from the community.
14:15 It's not true that people are getting the benefits from the SDD.
14:20 Even if they investigate this, nothing like this has happened.
14:23 All the allegations, we vehemently deny.
14:26 Because it's not true. It's fabricated.
14:28 More than 1,000 youths are in the hands of a corrupt, cruel, and abusive cult.
14:38 Mr. Aguila can deny that they're a cult.
14:43 We're hurt because the allegations are heavy.
14:46 What we call a cult is discrimination.
14:49 Our life here is very happy.
14:51 We live simply.
14:53 You can see our faces here.
14:55 Our family is very happy to live here, even if we're in the mountains.
15:03 Why are they denying?
15:04 Why are we the ones who are saying that we're just creating falsehoods?
15:09 We know that they're the ones who are wrong.
15:12 The Mayor decided to take custody of our municipal social welfare development officers.
15:18 They're in a safe house now.
15:20 If someone wants to reintegrate into the society, the LGU is willing to help.
15:27 Many people are susceptible to a cult because, first and foremost,
15:32 they have techniques to be part of a community.
15:37 They always attack people who have financial, emotional, social, or spiritual needs.
15:45 The people who live in the area lack resources.
15:47 They're under social pressure.
15:50 It means that it's hard for them to move.
15:53 I hope that they can all be human.
15:58 I want to take their lives so that they can return to their homes.
16:06 Don't judge them yet.
16:08 To see what's happening here, just visit Kapihan.
16:12 You'll be able to trust them.
16:14 Interview the people.
16:16 If you're curious about this, come to us.
16:19 I assure you that this place is safe because we don't hide anything.
16:23 We want to correct all our mistakes.
16:25 Maybe it's time to give justice to what we've experienced.
16:29 In correcting tragedies, people's trust and resistance will be tested.
16:37 Those who are desperate can easily be persuaded by promises, but they can't avoid being abused.
16:45 In the investigation about SBSI, I hope the truth will be revealed.
16:54 Thank you so much, Kapuso.
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