On 7 October 2024, Jose Puancing, a farmworker leader in Negros, the Philippines, was arrested at his home on trumped-up charges related to illegal possession of firearms and explosives. He is chairperson of Paghili-usa sang mga Obrero sa Brgy Jonobjonob (POBJ), an organization of farmworkers in Escalante City. The detention is connected with the execution of a search warrant from 2019.