Rights group seeks ‘independent’ probe on Negros ‘clash’ that killed 19

MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan called for an “independent” investigation into the anti-insurgency operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 individuals dead, supposedly including a University of the Philippines (UP) student, a local journalist and two peasant advocates. “We want to know the truth, what really happened that day,” Karapatan Secretary-General Tinay Palabay