He added that Lapira died while being treated at Jabez Hospital in Nasugbu at around 2:30 a.m. after the encounter with the military troops. Jo, as friends call her, was known to family and friends as a defender of the oppressed. She was also an advocate of LGBT rights.”However, Bata does not think that Lapira was part of the NPA. Lapira fought for the rights of women and children, for free education, on societal and gender issues, and human rights. “Jo is not Jo without her feminist politics, without her revolutionary passion,” he added.

Source: Manila Times December 01, 2017 16:41 UTC