From Tempo (Apr 16): Duterte negotiates for POW’s release
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that he was negotiating with the New People’s Army (NPA) to release Sgt. Jeric Bucio Curay of the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army who was snatched last April 4, in Barangay (village) Andap, Laak, Compostela Valley.
In a message sent to the media here, Aris Francisco, NPA spokesperson in the area, said that Curay, who came from a military detachment in Barangay Panuramin, was riding his motorcycle when he was seized and held as Prisoner of War (POW) under the custody of the Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Subregional Command of the rebel group.
Francisco added that the capture of the soldier is timed with the NPA’s renewed campaign against Armed Forces of the Philippines units (the other one is the 60th Infantry Battalion) responsible for protecting big logging firms which have wiped out the forests of Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley, and Agusan del Sur provinces.
Duterte said that the family of Curay personally came to his office to ask for help.
He disclosed that the rebel group is asking a favor, which Duterte did not divulge
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2014/04/duterte-negotiates-for-pows-release/#.U09ACsZOWAI
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