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Remembering the SAF 44
The Philippine Star
|January 27, 2025
EDITORIAL
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A month before the 10th anniversary of the killing of 44 police commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, two rebel commanders linked to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were convicted of 34 counts of homicide and sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for each count.
The Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 153, in a decision promulgated on Dec. 16 last year, found Abubakar Guiaman, alias Commander Refy, and Mohammad Ali Tambako guilty in what was initially dubbed as the Mamasapano massacre.
While lauding the conviction, relatives of the 44 Special Action Force commandos who were slain on Jan. 25, 2015 in the town of Mamasapano are still waiting for full justice. Will they wait another 10 years or more before this is attained? Will they be waiting in vain?
This story is from the January 27, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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