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More than 500 indigenous peoples who are now staying at the Sports Complex in Tandag, Surigao del Sur are set to “reclaim” their community in Sitio Han-ayan in Lianga of the same province. The IPs fled their community on September 1 last year after the killing of their community leader, Dionel Campos and executive director of the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development, Inc (ALCADEV), Emerito Samarca. Residents who witnessed the killings tagged the members of paramilitary group Magahat Bagani as the perpetrators.