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February 8, 2008

Nueva Ecija
Franco Corpuz, 42, was reportedly taken on the 8th of February 2008 by three men believed to be soldiers of the 71st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Barangay Pandalla. Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Corpuz is the vice chair of the militant Kilusang magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)-Nueva Ecija Chapter.  According to a KMP public information officer and the chair of human rights group KARAPATAN in Central Luzon, Corpuz was brought to Barangay Pandalla, Science City of Muñoz.  The three men in plain clothes were heavily armed and identified themselves as New People's Army members, according to Corpuz's relatives who witnessed the incident. The relatives, however, believed the men belonged to the army's 71st Infantry Battalion, whose troops had been monitoring Corpuz's activities.

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