By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

The only surviving kin in the massacre of the Fausto family in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City in June of this year, intended to file criminal charges against the 10 suspects in the murder, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA).

In a radio interview yesterday morning, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) director, Colonel Leo Pamittan said Emily Germino has finally resurfaced four months after the massacre.

Pamittan refused to say the whereabouts of Germino due to security reasons.

However, he said Germino will personally file criminal complaints against the suspects before the Himamaylan police.

Pamittan said the documents for the case are now complete and ready.

Germino only needed to sign the complaint before forwarding it to the prosecutor’s office.

On June 14, Rolly Fausto, Emilda Fausto and sons, Ben and Raben, were killed at their house at Sitio Kangkiling in the city’s Barangay Buenavista.

Emilda and her sons were found riddled with bullets inside their house, while Rolly was found some 50 meters away from their home.

The NPA later denied the allegations that they were involved in the massacre, but instead accused the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion of being behind the murders.

The insurgents’ allegations were rebuffed by the 303rd Infantry Brigade, calling them a “pathetic attempt by the insurgents to tarnish the Army’s reputation.”

Sitio Kangkiling is located approximately 20 kilometers from the city proper.

The village is one of the NPA-influenced villages in central Negros, where clashes claimed the lives of several communist rebels and government troops for years./DGB, WDJ