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00:00 Exclusive story on the Jimmy Integrated News
00:02 of former members of the controversial Socorro Bayanihan Services
00:07 the various abuses they committed in the group.
00:10 Our news team also visited the very neighborhood
00:14 which is the center of their community in Surigao del Norte
00:17 where the leaders are trying to convince the allegations against the organization.
00:22 Here are the news from Salima Refran and Chino Gaston.
00:29 Dancers are dancing, people are clapping,
00:33 children are singing and playing instruments.
00:36 That's how the team was able to reach the neighborhood
00:45 the center of the community of Socorro Bayanihan Services.
00:49 The group's leader, Jeren Scilario alias Senor Aguila,
00:53 and senior leaders, Karen Sanico and Mamerto Galanida,
00:58 are now at the center of the controversy because of various allegations.
01:02 First, the abuse of minors and the forced marriage of their members.
01:09 Some former members of the group were accused of being involved in the Jimmy Integrated News.
01:15 Even if they don't want to, they are being forced.
01:17 They have nothing to do. Line by line by age.
01:20 After that, they will select if that's your wife,
01:24 if you have a 12-year-old married to a 20-year-old, 23-year-old, 14-year-old.
01:33 After three days, if you still haven't found a man,
01:36 you will be called by Sen. Aguila,
01:40 and he will say, "If you still haven't found one,
01:43 you should rape her because you're a uterist."
01:47 Jane is one of the forced marriages.
01:49 She doesn't have a real name.
01:51 I was forced to marry a 14-year-old man. He was 18 years old.
01:59 I was afraid because I didn't know how to follow their advice.
02:07 I was afraid that if I married Sen. Aguila,
02:12 he would say that I was a sexist and that I was a womanizer.
02:20 I was afraid of his answer.
02:22 According to a former guard at Sen. Aguila's house, Mark,
02:26 he doesn't have a real name.
02:28 He said he saw a woman being played with several times last night.
02:32 Before I went to my room, I was asked to drink a glass of milk or each other juice.
02:38 Then, the next day, I went out.
02:41 So you didn't exchange your drink?
02:43 No, because there's an exchange there.
02:46 You will go to heaven.
02:49 Aside from this, Mark also saw something else.
02:52 There are people who don't know.
02:56 They are hiding weapons.
03:00 They say that they don't have weapons.
03:03 If they don't have weapons, why do they have weapons in their room?
03:06 We always bring our own.
03:08 One of the former members of Jason's group,
03:11 he doesn't have a real name, was included in Sen. Aguila's private army.
03:15 We are Sen. Aguila's private army.
03:17 One example is during the election,
03:20 we were sent there.
03:22 We were the goons,
03:24 the security of the candidates.
03:28 According to Jason,
03:29 he joined the Sucoro Bayanihan Services, a normal religious group and people's organization.
03:35 But everything changed when Sen. Aguila arrived.
03:38 When he arrived in 2017,
03:42 he introduced himself as a Salvadoran.
03:49 He was a messiah.
03:51 Everyone believed him.
03:53 We were also brought there.
03:55 By the 29th,
03:57 he allowed us to climb the mountain.
04:00 So we all climbed.
04:02 Sen. Aguila also said,
04:04 "The solar eclipse will come.
04:07 The whole world will be in darkness.
04:09 The Sargao will sink.
04:11 But no.
04:12 By 2022,
04:14 the war will start."
04:17 He said, "We have a lot of people.
04:19 Our army.
04:21 Because of that, we won't be able to climb."
04:25 Jason showed some backlash on his arm
04:28 because of what they did to his blood compact.
04:32 In front of Sen. Aguila,
04:35 he also denied that they are forcing minors to get married
04:40 or forcing married members to have wives
04:43 but not to join their community.
04:46 He also denied the forced sexual intercourse with women.
04:50 That's not what's happening here.
04:52 Why?
04:54 What are you choosing?
04:56 Nothing like that is happening.
04:58 It's like a mix and match.
04:59 Against their will.
05:01 Nothing like that.
05:02 What's happening here?
05:04 Even people, you should do it one by one.
05:07 Sanico also denied that the community is involved in illegal drugs
05:11 and that they have a lot of guns.
05:13 We were given the opportunity to enter the community of Capihan.
05:18 This is what's called the White House.
05:21 We were also allowed to enter to see if there are really contraband here
05:28 and more importantly, if this is really illegal drugs.
05:32 Look at what they said, it's under the basement.
05:37 What basement?
05:38 Look, sir, it's hard for us.
05:41 It's very tight.
05:44 Look, sir, if there's a line of safety tank,
05:49 if we can see, there's really nothing.
05:51 They said it's a white house.
05:53 This is not white, this is a grey house.
05:56 How can it be a white house?
05:58 Glazy Angel Digamon, one of the 150 teachers who joined the group in 2019,
06:05 denied that the children are not allowed to study.
06:09 In the pandemic, that was also one of the reasons why our access to education was stopped.
06:15 But that doesn't stop our parents, especially us,
06:18 because we know that we should really teach.
06:22 There are also others who are modeling.
06:25 The leader of Socorro Bayanihan Services is ready to face any investigation.
06:30 From Surigao del Norte, where the group is based,
06:36 the Justice Department transferred to Metro Manila
06:39 the list of complaints filed by Killario and 12 others.
06:44 Even though the complaint was filed last June,
06:47 there is still no preliminary investigation
06:49 because of the group's left and right motion to inhibit.
06:52 It's better to have an independent panel of prosecutors look at the case
06:57 so they can objectively assess the case.
07:00 According to the Justice Department,
07:02 the number of victims in the complaints is not less than 50.
07:07 If they don't follow, they will face physical abuse.
07:11 So the way they act is like a syndicate.
07:13 In the guise of religious freedom,
07:15 there are means and bounds by which you can respect religious freedom
07:19 if it goes against human decency already.
07:22 Aside from the investigation of the NBI,
07:24 the DOJ and the DSWD will form a task group to take care of the victims.
07:30 This is the first news in 5 sentences.
07:33 Chino Gaston for GMA Integrated News.
07:37 [news broadcast]
07:49 [music]