Got this from the sibling entity. This is just…no words. And all this happened right after Christmas.

Here are a few excerpts from Bambee de la Paz’s blog, daughter of the 56-year-old man, who witnessed the whole thing:

Excerpt 1: At around 1:30 PM today, at Valley Golf and Country Club, Antipolo City, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur, his father, Secretary Nasser Pangandaman of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and company, beat my defenseless 56-year-old dad and my 14-year-old brother to a pulp because of some stupid misunderstanding on the golf course.

Excerpt 2: The mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur talks with my dad. Things get heated up. Voices were raised. But never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever imagine that someone would pull out a punch. Apparently not. He attacks my father. His flightmates, maybe 2 or 3 of them, rush to his aid and beat up my father. My 56-year-old father. My younger brother and I could not just watch. We rushed to break the fight. My younger brother pleads to the mayor to please stop it. To not hurt my dad. To just stop. His words still ring through my head…”Sorry na po, sorry na po…tama na…tama na po…” With his hands in front of his chest in a praying position. PLEADING. The mayor socks him in the face. My brother defended himself. My dad is still on the ground getting clobbered. My brother is the same way. I try to stop the fight, but all I can do is stop one person. There were 4 or 5 of them attacking now.

Excerpt 3: We leave. We walk to the clubhouse to file a complaint. My brother asks for a doctor. My dad could barely walk. Their group comes to the clubhouse, sees my brother. Once again my brother pleads, says sorry, and is crying. He was CRYING, for crissakes. But no. The relentless mayor still punches him in the face, and then sees my dad and goes after my dad again. Him and his friend pull my dad to the ground, pulls at his feet, and steps on him like he’s dirt. I run to him and try to hold him back, holding him back by his shirt, while this other guy and this girl tries to stop me. She tells me to just stop it. I scream in her face “they’re beating my father up and you want me to stop?!” I pull at his shirt–I don’t let go. All I can see was my dad being trampled on. I didn’t even see my brother getting beat up.

Excerpt 4: My mom and my older brother come. I tell her Bino’s right ear is bleeding. They both look like they could kill. My dad holds my brother off, I hold off my mom. When I finally got my mom under control, my older brother gets away and I hold him off. Two of the mayor’s bodyguards pull out guns. I embraced my brother from the back, just holding him back, crying. The receptionists came to us, crying, hugging me, my dad, and my mom, whispering to us to just leave. “Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila…Maam…umalis na po kayo please…” (”Ma’am, please just leave, they have guns…Ma’am…please just leave…”)

Read the whole horrifying account here:

http://vicissitude-decidido.blogspot.com/2008/12/world-is-fucked-up.html

Update: The Pangandamans have issued their official side of the story on a famous local tabloid Abante Tonite, claiming that they were the ones who were assaulted and injured. Read the whole ridiculous account of how a 56-year-old man with an umbrella turned into superman and posed such a threat to young, strapping boys with bodyguards and guns here (the article is in Tagalog):

Anak ng DAR Chief: ‘KAMI ANG SINUGOD AT SINAKTAN!’ (Son of DAR Chief: ‘We were the ones assaulted and injured!’)

Mindanews condenses both sides of the story here (the article is in English):

Pangandamans accused of mauling; DAR Sec says “my son was attacked first”

Noemi of A Filipino Mom Blogger keeps an extensive post about the issue and is impressively up-to-date. Read more from her blog post:

Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. (DAR chief’s son) Mauled A Father & Son at Valley Golf and Country Club

News articles related to the incident:
~ from ABS-CBN
~ from GMA
~ from Inquirer

Pinoys and anyone else who feels passionate about this, please help spread the word.