A ALLEGED vice team leader of the New People’s Army surrendered to soldiers in Barangay Pangibiran, Mabini, Compostela Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Capt. Alberto Caber, information officer of Eastern Mindanao Command, said that alias George surrendered to soldiers of the 71st Infantry Battalion under the 10th Infantry Division at 2 p.m.
George told soldiers that he was the vice team leader of the medical platoon of Guerrilla Front 72 of the NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Committee.
He was brought by the soldiers to Mabini Police Station and was transferred to the municipal health office for a medical checkup.
Accordingly, the former rebel wanted to start a new life with his family and to avail the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) through the local government unit of Compostela Valley.
Through the program of the LGUs, the surrenderee will receive livelihood and appropriate training assistance.
As of last count, there were already 214 NPA members who returned to the folds of the law through the units of Eastern Mindanao Command.
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