From Tempo (Oct 16): NPA couple surrenders
A New People’s Army (NPA) couple surrendered to the elements of 57th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Imamaling in Magpet town, North Cotabato last Monday, the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) here reported.
Captain Alberto Caber, EastMinCom chief information officer, said the NPA couple, identified as Marco Engay Via, 39, and his wife Gina Calimpitan Via, 34, willingly turned themselves back to the folds of the law to live normal lives as a family.
Both husband and wife are now undergoing interviews at the headquarters of the 57th IB in North Cotabato, Captain Caber added.
Lt. Col. Nilo Vinluan, commander of 57th IB, said the couple decided to leave the rebel movement after it failed to give them the promises they made.
One of which, he said, was the P4,000 salary they would receive monthly from the group.
“They only received the salary once. And after that, there was none. So they decided to give up the movement,” the military official said. The couple admitted they were involved in the attack on the police station in President Rojas town, also in North Cotabato, on May 20, which resulted in the killing of their commander and five other members of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA).
The Army, Vinluan said, is set to rescue the couple’s son.
“This is a second chance for us to redeem our normal lives that were denied to us by the NPAs”, the couple said in the statement.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2014/10/npa-couple-surrenders-2/#.VEBU7MZ0yAI
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