From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Oct 10): Mayor accuses MNLF of massing in Zamboanga del Sur
town
A municipal mayor in Zamboanga del Sur has accused the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) of sowing fear in a village in his town by allegedly massing up
forces there. “Armed men introducing themselves as members of the MNLF have been massing up
since October 3 and they were causing fear and displacements in Barangay (the
village of) Lower Landing,” Mayor Nacianceno Pacalioga Jr. of Dumingag,
Zamboanga del Sur, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, by phone on Wednesday.
He said that as of Wednesday, 15 families from Barangay Lower Landing fled
their homes while officials of the Lower Landing Elementary School suspended
classes when schoolchildren failed to report since Monday due to fear of the
armed men. Pacalioga said the number of MNLF men in the village grew by the day from
just five a few days ago. About 25 armed MNLF men in the area, who were being led by commander Aspie
Abdurahman, MNLF training director, and his deputy, Ahmad Joemar Jajie. “Dumingag has no large Muslim population and it is not known to be an MNLF
area, that’s why their presence was causing fear,” Pacalioga said....
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/286612/mayor-accuses-mnlf-of-massing-in-zamboanga-del-sur-town
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