Police Inspector Elmer Cabuslay, chief of town police, said residents, some residents complained about checkpoints conducted by the 39th Infantry Battalion although he said the situation is normal and no untoward incidents.
Cabuslay said the military arrived after the personnel from the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) together with Sheriff Aberni Buenaventura to implement the turn-over of lands to farmer beneficiaries of the banana plantation.
Lt. Col. Lyndon Panisa, 39th IB commanding officer, explained it is normal for civilian residents to react upon seeing men in camouflage uniforms thinking that a war might happen.
Panisa, in telephone interview said, they are only escorting some DAR personalities.
“Accordingly the DAR would serve the writ of execution to 133 farmers in the 399n area and 136 farmers for the 317 area” he said.
“We are here to maintained the peace and order so that no violent reactions would happen” Panisa added.
Base in the record, a long been land dispute ensued between the Davao del Sur Farmers Association (Dasurfa) and the Alberto M.Soriano (AMS) Malalag Banana Plantation, after they both claimed of their rights in the said place.
The two groups of farmers both claimed thier right in which violence had erupted inside the banana plantation in the past.
Last year, a shooting incident occurred after it was being claimed by a group of farmers leaving one person dead and two others injured when the two security agencies have encountered.
Dasurfa has staked a claim over the 317 hectares occupied by the banana company in November 2006.
Police and military said they will secure the area and that the same situation would not happen again.
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