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May 5, 2006

Pampanga
Benedicto Magdaong, a leader of party-list group Anak Pawis, was reportedly abducted by two unidentified armed men in Angeles City, Pampanga.  Benedicto Magdaong is a chair of the Anak Pawis chapter in Brgy. Marisol is one of the big urban poor communities in Angeles City.  Magdaong's wife reported seeing two men talking to her husband at around 2am in their house. They dragged him later to a waiting car.  According to his wife, Magdaong worked briefly as an intelligence operative of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).  The abduction of Benedicto Magdaong, 52, brought to 19 the cases of involuntary disappearance of members of the militant groups in Central Luzon since 2005, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said.

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