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Article

23 Sep 2013

Author:
Bong S. Sarmiento, MindaNews (Philippines)

2 dead in fresh violence at Tampakan mine site–military [Philippines]

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Sagittarius Mines to respond. Their response is provided.] A revered…tribal elder in the mines development site of…Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) was killed…in another fresh violence at the controversial Tampakan copper-gold project, allegedly by soldiers pursuing an armed tribal group in the area…Reports…identified the victim as Anteng Freay, head claimant of the Ancestral Domain territory of the Atbol B’laan territory…“This is what happens when the government turns a blind eye on the apparent relation of violence and mining in Tampakan...” the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc., said in a statement…