A rebel-member of the New People’s Army (NPA), who wanted to start a new life, surrendered to the military in Surigao del Norte, an Army official said Friday.
Lt. Col. Leo E. Bongosia, spokesperson of the Army’s Fourth Infantry Division here, said that the military was withholding the name of the NPA rebel pending his debriefing at the 30th Infantry Battalion in Placer, Surigao del Norte.
He said that the 17-year-old rebel turned over one M16 rifle with 96 live ammunitions and one M1 Garand rifle with 7 live ammunitions and magazines.
According to Bongosia, the rebel-teenager and other minors were recruited to the rebel movement in Surigao.
Under the program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) guns for peace, the surrenderor would receive a financial assistance of about P80,000, he added.
He said the military would also provide security to the rebel returnee for fear that his comrades might subject him for summary execution.
“The military will not allow the rebel returnee to move alone without a detailed security,” Bongosia said.
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