Saturday, May 24, 2014

Armed men attack compound of Lanao electric coop in Marawi

From the Philippine News Agency (May 24): Armed men attack compound of Lanao electric coop in Marawi

Unidentified men fired upon the headquarters of the Lanao Del Sur Cooperative compound in Marawi City shortly after midnight Friday, a report reaching here said on Saturday.

No one was hurt in the attack, the report said.

It said that the attack was believed directed at Ashary Maongco, the General Manager of Lasureco, who reportedly got the ire of some local officials for ordering the disconnection of electricity to 35 municipal towns in Lanao Del Sur that failed to pay their power bills.

Prior to Friday’s attack, an influential town official reportedly ordered the burning of the Mounted Crane of Jera General Construction, a Bicol-based construction company, which was undergoing rehabilitation of Lasureco’s 69 KV and 13.2 KV lines along the highway of Ditsaan-Ramain on May 13, 2014.

Maongco has reportedly filed a criminal case against town Mayor Ali U. Adiong, of Ditsaan-Ramain in Lanao Del Sur, with violation of Arson before the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao Del Sur.

Aside from arson, Maongo also filed an administrative case against Adiong for grave misconduct an oppression with the Ombudsman Mindanao in connection with the burning of the equipment.

In an affidavit submitted to the Court of Appeals in Cagayan De Oro City, on May 19, 2014, Maongco accused Ditsaan town Mayor Ali Untao Adiong, his driver and 10 other “John Does” of allegedly burning the equipment.

Maongco has secured the affidavit of six witnesses to the burning of Jera’s Truck Mounted Crane while conducting a joint rehabilitation project of the LASURECO and the Department of Energy (DOE) in Lanao Del Sur.

Maongco suspected that the attack on the LASURECO compound Friday night was directed at him because he and his family were living in the compound together with workers of the Jera General Construction.

The Philippines News Agency (PNA) in Northern Mindanao tried but failed to contact Mayor Adiong and the military in Lanao Del Sur to get an official report of the LASURECO attack and to comment on Maongco’s allegations.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=646816

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