The Army's 303 rd Infantry Brigade has intensified its
security operations in the hinterlands of southern Negros ,
after the recent encounter in Candoni and the series of liquidation activities
of the New People's Army.
At the same time, security defenses of military detachments
were also strengthened, Col. Francisco Delfin, 303rd Infantry Brigade
commander, yesterday said.
Their security operations against the NPA remnants will
continue, until a possible yuletide truce, Delfin said.
A suspected NPA recruit was arrested Sunday by Army soldiers
after an encounter in Brgy. Gatuslao, Candoni, Negros
Occidental.
Maj. Rey Tiongson, chief of the 3rd Infantry Division Public
Affairs Office, however, said the 18-year-rebel recruit was released and turned
over by the police to barangay officials of Camindangan, after undergoing
medical examination.
Personal belongings and subversive documents were recovered
at the encounter site. No casualty was reported on both sides.
The Armando Sumayang Command had claimed responsibility for
the deaths of two government militiamen and two former rebels in Cauayan and
Ilog.
Suspects in the killing of CAFGU member Romualdo Dollente,
ex-CAFGU members Rene Villar and Jimboy Nalagon have already been identified by
the Cauayan police, based on testimonies of witnesses. However, they withheld
their identities, pending the filing of charges against them.
Delfin said “These inhumane acts of the NPA must
be condemned to the fullest extent. The NPA's attack on
non-combatants is clearly a violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect
for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, of which the CPP/NPA/NDFP
is a signatory.”
While the CPP-NPA took responsibility for the killings,
Delfin said they should bring those culprits from within their ranks to the
courts of law.
He added that the NPA resort to this kind of violence such
as killing of innocent civilians just to preserve their unit, due to their
continuing defeats in Negros Island Region.
Delfin added that the Army's implementation of the AFP
Internal Peace and Security Plan "Bayanihan" has been effective in
the effort to win the peace in the Negros Island Region.
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