Former journalist and human rights worker Ali Macalintal was killed in General Santos City on Monday, June 23. She served as Karapatan’s deputy secretary general for Soccsksargen and was a former broadcaster for RPN XDX.
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00:01Former journalist and human rights worker Ali Makalintal was killed in General Santos City on Monday, June 23.
00:08She served as Karapatan's Deputy Secretary General for Soxargen and was a former broadcaster for RPNXDX.
00:15Mindanao-based Davao Today reported Makalintal was killed by an unidentified gunman while inside an acupuncture clinic at around 7 a.m. on Monday.
00:24Reports said the assailant entered the clinic and opened fire, then fled onboard a motorcycle.
00:29Makalintal was brought to the hospital but was later pronounced dead on arrival after sustaining three gunshot wounds.
00:36As part of Karapatan, Makalintal co-organized and took part in several fact-finding missions in Mindanao to help victims of alleged human rights violations,
00:44especially at the height of the martial law declaration in Mindanao under the Rodrigo Duterte administration.
