00:00A separate investigation is being carried out, but the next step is to find out the whereabouts of the two activists in Albay this August.
00:09Due to the large number of CCTV footage, this is considered a professional operation by a human rights lawyer.
00:17Daniel Tingcungco was in touch with us.
00:20Felix Salaveria Jr. was walking on August 28 in Barangay Cobo of Tabaco, Albay, when he was filmed driving in a nearby van.
00:32Some of the motorcyclists around him were also captured.
00:37I was worried about him.
00:41I was worried about what he was going to eat.
00:48One day, I was really worried.
00:51I felt like I was going crazy.
00:53There were days when I felt like we need to fight.
00:57We need to take action.
00:59On August 23, CCTV captured a van entering San Lorenzo of the same city.
01:05According to the group Karapatan, it was the young brother of former National Democratic Front consultant Alan Hasmines who approached the activist.
01:15Hasmines came to watch Salaveria's birthday celebration.
01:20From 10 p.m. onwards, he couldn't contact James.
01:25So he tried looking for James on the possible bike paths of James.
01:31Two days after, Felix was finally caught.
01:35Of the many items that were captured by CCTV, the professional operation is considered by a human rights lawyer, Atty. Tony Lavinia.
01:44Several vehicles involved, a van, motorcycles, at least for Hasmines, maybe 10 people.
01:55For Salaveria, at least 5 people, 6 people including a driver.
02:00That has to be a professional operation.
02:04And that's probably a state agency that we demand that the police and tobacco also investigate this properly.
02:11It seems that there is a pattern in the arrest according to Karapatan.
02:15Number one, either red tag. Number two, the manner of their arrest.
02:26Third, clearly there are resources.
02:31All bear the signs of it being a state perpetrated abduction, therefore unenforced disappearance.
02:39We do not know, except that we know, based on our past experience, that this is a state sanction.
02:46This could be simply military units or police units acting on their own.
02:51The children of Hasmines and Salaveria are now in cahoots with the Commission on Human Rights.
02:56The report and blotter in Barangay Polisya and LGU also included Salaveria's family.
03:02The biggest impact on me would be the loss of sense of urgency.
03:10The Supreme Court is planning to sue the children of Hasmines and Salaveria for petition for amparo or protection
03:17and habeas data to force information to be released regarding them.
03:22The first thing we want to happen is for us to see our father.
03:27We want to see him in front of us, you know, alive and in an okay condition.
03:33We are asking the AFP and PNP to speak.
03:36PNP Albay responded that they will file the case.
03:40Our coordination with the Human Rights is ongoing.
03:43We will not hesitate to file the case so that justice will be served for the loss of these two children.
03:49For GMA Integrated News, Dano Tincungco, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
03:57For GMA Integrated News, Dano Tincungco, Nakatotok, 24 Hours.
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