The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office will look into the brutal death of a couple in Barangay Tacpao, Guihulngan City, allegedly burned to death by persons wearing military clothes, according to their children.

Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos said if there is need to create a Special Investigation Task Group, he will do so, even with his limited power as officer-in-charge of NOPPO.

He said he is mulling the idea of asking the Negros Oriental Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and other support units of the police to conduct a deeper investigation into the incident. He said he may form an SITG to help investigate the case, and bring the perpetrators to court.

The couple was reportedly shot and burned to death by unidentified suspects wearing military uniforms, in Guihulngan City in May 24. They were identified later as Rosalie Calago, a barangay health worker, and her husband, Endric, a last termer barangay kagawad of Tacpao.

In a press briefing Wednesday among members of the Promotion of Church Peoples Response, headed by Fr. Nenito Narciso, the couple's children, identified as Reslie and Erlie Calago, claimed their parents were executed and burned to death by alleged members of the 11 th Infantry Battalion.

They said they could not think of anybody who has an ax to grind against their parents. There was a previous incident where trumped-up charges were filed against Endric, who is the vice chairman of the Kaugmaon group of farmers in Guihulngan, but these charges have been dismissed, Erlie said.

The children called on President Benigno Aquino III for assistance and justice.*JG

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