Philippine settlers vent anger at man charged with home demolition.
Displaced settlers of Mahiga Creek here are allegedly threatening the executive director of an office that helps carry out demolitions of structures in risky environments.
Alvin Santillana, executive director of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said he has been receiving death threats from people who were displaced by the demolition of illegally built structures along Mahiga Creek.
Santillana is named in an administrative case filed by the Mahiga settlers before the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas for alleged violation of the Urban Development and Housing Act (Udha) in clearing Mahiga Creek of structures.
Santillana said some of those whose houses were torn down have threatened to stab, shoot and even kill him if he shows up in Mahiga.
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