Government troops have arrested a leader of a
kidnap-for-ransom-group (KFRG) in the province of Zamboanga
Sibugay
Maj. Filemon Tan, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom)
information officer, identified the arrested KFRG leader as Esmael Pingli alias
Tago Pingli.
Tan said Pingli was arrested by the troops of the Army’s
102nd Infantry Brigade around 1:15 p.m. Monday along the highway between the
municipalities of R.T. Lim and Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Tan said the troops were conducting checkpoints when then
spotted and arrested Pingli, who has standing warrants of arrest for kidnapping
and illegal detention.
He said Pingli was involved in many kidnapping incidents
here in the Zamboanga
Peninsula
He said among the incident Pingli was involved was the
kidnapping of a local businessman, Inocente Bautista.
Bautista was kidnapped on May 27, 2008 in Barangay Tetuan
and was released on June 9 of the same year.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=870914
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