Two suspected rebels captured in Negros

From Business World (Sep 16): Two suspected rebels captured in Negros

Two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were captured during a series of encounters with government soldiers in Toboso town and Sagay City in Negros Occidental.

Arrested were Rene Villarin alias Juan and Richard Gallego alias Jamil.

Allegedly recovered from them were five firearms and suspected subversive documents.

First Lieutenant Jimrick B. Obias, 303rd Infantry Brigade civil military officer of the Philippine Army, said the captured rebels were immediately brought to the Barangay Bato Public Hospital for medical checkup before they were turned over to the Toboso Police Station for inquest proceedings and subsequent filing of charges for illegal possession of firearms.

Lt. Col. Efren Morados, commander of the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion, assured that the captured NPA members were accorded their human rights.

“I have clear instructions to all of our soldiers conducting security operations to respect human rights at all times. We are very serious in abiding with the International Humanitarian Law and the rule of law,” he said.

Additional troops are now in the area to pursue the fleeing rebels while the members of the Philippine National Police Scene of the Crime Operatives from Sagay City conducted investigation at the encounter site. The government troops were conducting peace and security patrol at around 4:45 a.m. Saturday when they first encountered the suspects.

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