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A Quezon City court issued an arrest warrant for an army major accused of the 2007 abduction of activist Jonas Burgos. Major Harry Baliaga Jr was being charged with violation of Article 124 of the Revised Penal Code, which pertains to arbitrary detention and penalizing the detention of any person without legal grounds by any public officer or employee. Witnesses said Baliaga and four others abducted Burgos from a restaurant in the Ever Gotesco Mall in Quezon City on April 28, 2007. Burgos’ family claimed Jonas’ activist links made him a target for the the Philippine military. Earlier investigation showed Burgos was tagged by the armed forces as a New People’s Army intelligence. Bail for Baliaga’s release is set for P40,000.
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