Fourteen years after the disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos, his family said "justice is still elusive."

Jonas, son of the late freedom fighter Jose Burgos, was allegedly abducted by government security forces on April 28, 2017 while having lunch at a restaurant in Quezon City.

In a statement Wednesday, April 28, Edita Burgos, mother of Jonas, said the community pantry initiative has brought back the memories of Jonas.

Edita recalled how Jonas shared his harvest with his fellow students in the Benguet State University and with the poor families living near the university campus.

When a powerful earthquake struck on July 16, 1990, Edita recounted how Jonas and his fellow students put up a community kitchen for those trapped in the university who ran out of food.

"We learned how Jonas organized his dorm mates, harvested the available crops in the gardens, prepared food and shared the food with everyone for several days, until help arrived," Edita continued.

"If Jonas were here today, he too would be just as active and selfless as those who are now running community pantries," she added.

Edita, however, expressed concern that community pantry organizers "would be profiled, labeled, and later abducted" too after they were linked to the communist movement.

Citing the words of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Vice Chairperson Hermogenes Esperon Jr., she said the possible links of community pantry organizers to communist rebels "will be looked into."

"This is the same general who refused to provide our lawyer with the provost marshal report about the abduction of Jonas, claiming it was just an administrative investigation," she noted.

"Fourteen years have passed, justice is still elusive. Family and friends continue to suffer from the absence of Jonas. Yet we remain steadfast in our demand for justice and the return of Jonas. We remember and shall not forget as we continue to let Jonas live in our actions."