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Claim: The Jabidah massacre is fake.
Senator Imee Marcos made this claim in a caption for a quoted statement of alleged former New People’s Army Commander Ka Peter Mutuc.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The post garnered 13,000 reactions, 1,000 comments, and 1,500 shares as of writing.
Under the regime of president Ferdinand E. Marcos, the government designed a clandestine operation to invade Sabah. The special commando unit that the army trained for this was called Jabidah. Recruits from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi sailed to Corregidor to train.
Unfortunately, the oplan ended with at least 23 Muslim recruits being shot to death by government forces on the island in what has since been known as the Jabidah massacre.
The facts: As reported in a previous Rappler fact check, the Jabidah massacre is well-documented. Sole survivor Jibin Arula testified about the massacre in a Senate hearing on March 18, 1968.
The New York Times, among various news outlets, published on March 27, 1968, an article regarding Arula’s statement. Several studies and materials also attest to the massacre. One of them was the 2000 award-winning book Under the Crescent Moon: Rebellion from Mindanao by Rappler editor at large Marites Dañguilan Vitug and executive editor Glenda M. Gloria.
Meanwhile, on March 17, 2021, the official webpage of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao also published an article remembering the Jabidah massacre. – Sandra Benig/Rappler.com
Sandra Benig is a Rappler intern. This fact check was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s research team and a senior editor. Learn more about Rappler’s internship program here.
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