Mayor Richard Garban has appealed to the kidnappers holding
captives a child and a bakery worker to release their hostages on humanitarian
grounds.
Still in the hands of the kidnappers are Ace Jay Garban,
three, and a bakery worker, Ledegie Tomarong, 17.
Mayor Garban made the appeal in a press conference Sunday,
citing the families of the two captives do not have the capability to pay
ransom.
The appeal of the mayor came after the kidnappers have
demanded PhP60 million ransom or at PhP30 million each in exchange for the
release of the two captives.
The mayor said the kidnappers made known of their demand
through text messages sent to the families of the two hostages.
Garban and his younger sister, Zynielle Jay, two and
Tomarong, were seized by 10 gunmen during a shootout in the afternoon of March
31 at the fish port in Barangay Poblacion, this town.
The shootout ensued as alerted policemen pursued the gunmen,
who failed to seize their kidnapping target, businesswoman Chzarenia Kapa
Sajulga, who owns a bakery in Barangay Poblacion and the employer of Tomarong.
The gunmen made good their escape as they grabbed the three
children, who were at the fish port, and made them as human shields that
prevented the policemen from further pursuing them.
The gunmen killed Zynielle Jay, whose remain was fished out
from sea by fishermen in the morning of April 3 near the shore of this town.
The Garban children are the grandchildren of the mayor of
this municipality.
Police and military operatives are continuously tracking
down the whereabouts of the victims.
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