From the Manila Bulletin (Jan 2): 3 NPAs surrender in Sultan Kudarat
Three members of the New People’s Army surrendered to military authorities in Sultan Kudarat province.
Lt. Col. Markton Abo, 33rd Infantry Battalion commander, withheld the identity of the rebel returnees to protect their families from possible retaliation from their former comrades.
Abo said the three surrenderees, who were residents of Lebak and Senator Ninoy Aquino towns, were former armed regulars of NPA-Front Guerilla 73 which is operating in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani.
“The NPA surrenderees asked us to withhold their names at the moment so as not to jeopardize the security of their family members,” Abo said.
The former NPA rebels, who yielded carbine and shotgun rifles, said they decided to abandon the underground movement so that they can live normal lives with their families.
Abo said they will receive livelihood assistance from the Comprehensive Local Integration Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the provincial government.
The NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been waging a Maoist-inspired insurgency campaign in the Philippines for the more than four decades now.
Peace talks between the government and the CPP are expected to resume this year after they were stalled in 2001.
http://www.mb.com.ph/3-npas-surrender-in-sultan-kudarat/
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