MANILA: A retired Philippine army general was sentenced to decades behind bars over the 2006 disappearance of two activists, hailed by campaigners as a rare case of a top official being held to account.
Jovito Palparan, dubbed “The Butcher” by leftists for his brutal anti-insurgency tactics against communist guerillas, was convicted of kidnapping and handed a minimum term of 20 years by a court in Bulacan just north of Manila.
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