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Monday, June 09, 2008

 

Lawmakers cry ‘illegal detention’

The four legislators were on their way to Barangay Didipio in Kasibu town when accosted by the police

 
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Four lawmakers were detained for almost half an hour inside a police checkpoint near the border of this province and Quirino while on their way to a remote upland village for an inquiry over alleged abuses of a foreign firm conducting a large-scale mining operation in the area.

Rep. Carlos Padilla of Nueva Vizcaya was accompanying his three colleagues, Rep. Solomon Chungalao of Ifugao and Party-list Representatives Teodoro Casiño and Luzviminda Ilagan, on their way to Barangay Didipio, Kasibu town here when they were flagged down and “detained” by the police on Saturday.

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