A Filipino American activist has filed a complaint before the US State Department against the Philippine military whom she accused of abduction and torture last May.

Melissa Roxas, a member of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-US chapter sent her complaint to US State Secretary Hilary Clinton.

Roxas claimed that she was abducted and tortured by military agents while doing voluntary work in Tarlac last May.

Her legal counsel, Arnedo Valera, asked the US to investigate the Philippine government’s involvement.

Valera also called on the US government to stop allocating millions of dollars in funding to the Philippine military until the human rights violations stop.

Last month, Roxas said she will file an international court action against the Arroyo administration before a US federal court seeking damages for unlawful kidnapping and assault.

He added that Roxas will also lodge private complaints before appropriate United Nations bodies against the Philippine government for violating various conventions against torture and international civil and political rights.

In a press conference in Los Angeles, California, Roxas said she was part of an exposure program doing volunteer work in La Paz, Tarlac when she, along with her two companions, John Edward Jandoc and Juanito Carabeo, were allegedly taken by about 15 men in civilian clothes on May 19, at around 1:30 in the afternoon.

In her statement, Roxas said the three of them were beaten up, detained, and accused by their abductors of being part of the Communist movement. At one point, she said one of the torturers pulled two plastic bags over her head and strangled her.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has denied Roxas’ allegations saying that the Filipino American activist could have "fabricated" the abduction. Report from Balitang America