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June 9, 2006

Aurora
In Central Luzon, another victim of involuntary disappearance was added to the thirty-nine (39) list of reported missing and feared dead. One of the recent cases is Anak Pawis member Melanie Catipon, who was reported abducted by unidentified men in the town of Maria Aurora, Aurora.  Melanie Catipon, 21, a member of Anak Bayan and a resident of Maria Aurora town in Aurora, was abducted by unidentified men on June 09 (Friday night), the human rights advocate Karapatan said.  In this incident Mrs. Jocelyn Javier and a group from Mothers and Relatives against Tyranny (Martyr) would rather have an independent commission to investigate the killings and human rights violations than let the Task Force Usig of the Philippine National Police do the work.  Roman Politan, Chair of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in Central Luzon, said the task force was "just a tool to clear the military and the police forces of involvement in these atrocities and thereby misrepresent the truth."

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