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Atom Araullo, Sarah Elago, netizens call for justice after riding-in-tandem kill doctor and husband in Negros Oriental

The tweet largely went unnoticed at first, until news agencies started picking up on it.

It seems dissent is still not welcome in the Duterte administration no matter what you do outside of it.

At 9:02 pm on December 15, 2020, a tweet from journalist Nonoy Espina would be shared by Kabataan partylist Rep. Sarah Elago.

The content: city health officer and concurrent IATF head of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan was murdered along with her husband.

The tweet largely went unnoticed at first, until news agencies started picking up on it. This tweet from GMA News and Public Affairs journo Atom Araullo, while not expressing any disdain, pretty much sums up what happened.

Araullo’s post has been liked at least 19,000, retweeted almost 7,500 times, and quoted nearly 2,300 times, all showing disdain for the assailants who are allegedly part of an anti-communist vigilante group called Kawsa Guihulnganon Batok Kumunista or KAGUBAK.

The assailants, who killed Dr. Sancelan and her husband, rode a motorcycle and spent 15 shots from a .45-caliber handgun to murder the two in broad daylight.

In the photos shared by progressive group Karapatan, the victims were part of a hitlist of KAGUBAK, where Dr. Sancelan was falsely accused as per JB Regalado, the spokesman of the Leonardo Panaligan Command of NPA-Central Negros.

Others on the list were Atty. Anthony Trinidad and Heidie Malalay. Both were killed within the past few years allegedly by same group.

Netizens were obviously fuming at the events that transpired in Negros Oriental, mostly expressing disgust at the Duterte administration’s seemingly incessant red-tagging of critics.

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Elago, who was one of the first to share the news, called for justice for the victims.

A netizen even recounted the scenes she saw after hearing gunshots.

Others would pass the blame onto local police who they feel were the most likely to pull off such a travesty.

The events also had netizens asking who is the real terrorist: the New People’s Army or the Philippine government?

It also brought to light how a lot of the President’s supporters, who call themselves DDS can go out and live normal lives, but those tagged as reds have to constantly worry about their safety.

With Malacañang or the Philippine National Police yet to issue a statement, those seeking justice for Dr. Sancelan and her husband may have to go elsewhere to get what they need.

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