Mass Communication graduate arrested, branded as communist rebel

By: Rachelyn Pabines

Mass Communication graduate from University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu was captured and detained at Negros Oriental jail after the military charged her of illegal possession of firearms and explosive along with five others.

Myles Albisan, 21 years old, together with the other five were brought immediately to the Hall of Justice in the capital of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental to undergo inquest proceedings on the complaint that filed against them by the military.

In a radio interview, Albisan admitted that she and her companions are in the village of Luyang, Mabinay town, Negros Oriental just to discuss poverty with farmers there. She denied that the firearms confiscated does not belong to them but to the ‘organization’ she didn’t detailed.

Albisan and her companions were also accused as New People’s army (NPA) guerilla members after they were arrested, allegedly claiming that they are a communist rebels.

Hence, the mother of Myles Albasin, Grace, defend her daughter in a press conference in UP Cebu on Thursday after visiting her and says that, “My daughter is not a member of NPA, If she was in Negros Oriental for an immersion program with farmers there, then what’s wrong with that?”

Grace also added that she didn’t teach Myles to be radical yet her daughter knows and experienced what was going on in daily basis of living.

Albisan’s mother major concern now was her personal safety while her daughter was still detained in jail.

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