Jay Apiag, of the human rights group Karapatan, said the court dismissed on Friday all the criminal charges filed against Dominiciano Muya, resident agriculturist of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines based in Davao del Norte.
Muya, according to Apiag, has also extended assistance to Salugpongan Ta’ Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center, whose learners are mostly members of indigenous tribes.
Muya was arrested on October 16, 2014 in Makilam Village in Tagum City, Davao del Norte by some elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and was accused as a high-ranking leader of the New People’s Army with a P4.8-million bounty on his head.
He was charged with illegal possession of firearms, multiple murder, double frustrated murder, robbery with double homicide, and damage to properties.[]
