SPO2 Jun Malban
A former member of the Philippine National Police who
allegedly negotiated for the Abu Sayyaf group during the release of their
Australian captive in 2011 has been arrested in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group announced on Monday the arrest of
SPO2 Jun Malban, a known relative of Abu Sayyaf leaders, for his involvement in
the abduction of Warren Rodwell, who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf Group
in Ipil, Zamboanga, in December 2011.
Using the alias Michael Zue, Malban had acted as the
negotiator and spokesperson for the ASG when Rodwell was released on March 23,
2013, Senior Superintendent Roberto Fajardo, PNP AKG acting director, said in a
press briefing.
Malban was assigned at the Police Security and Protection
Group of the PNP from 2005 to 2012.
Fajardo said he is a cousin of ASG leaders Khair and Borhan
Mundos.
In June last year, the PNP Criminal Investigation and
Detection Group arrested Khair in Paranaque
City
Five months after Khair’s arrest, Borhan, allegedly the
ASG’s solicitor of foreign fund and armaments, was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport
Last Friday, PNP AKG and National Bureau of Investigation
operatives went to Kota Kinabalu to serve his standing arrest warrant for
Kidnapping for Ransom issued by Judge Josefino Bael of Regional Trial Court
branch 24 of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Fajardo said the joint operatives arrested Malban at the
immigration office in Lahad Datu in Sabah
after the Malaysian Police nabbed him on April 28 for violating the immigration
law for illegal entry.
When Malban escaped and tried to seek refuge in Malaysia
“Nasa NBI na siya ngayon for the immigration part. Wala
naman siya sa warrant of arrest so nasa NBI siya, ininterview (He’s with the
NBI now for the immigration part. He has no warrant of arrest so he’s being
interviewed at the NBI now),” Fajardo added.
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