Tuesday, April 5, 2016

2 Sulu military commanders sacked amid unsolved cases of kidnapping

From GMA News (Apr 5): 2 Sulu military commanders sacked amid unsolved cases of kidnapping
Two ranking military officials in Sulu have been sacked amid the growing number of unsolved cases of kidnapping there including of foreign nationals.

Relieved from their posts were Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado and Brig. Gen. Jose Cabanban, commander and deputy commander of Joint Task Group Sulu (JTGS), respectively.

Arrojado confirmed this, saying they were relieved Monday.

He, however, refused to cite the reason why they were sacked from their position. "We were relieved effective yesterday," he said, adding the order came from Armed Forces' Western Mindanao Command commander Lt. Gen. Mayoralgo dela Cruz.

Arrojado said he will remain as the commander of the Army’s 501st Brigade, which he commanded in concurrent capacity as JTGS commander.

The 501st Brigade is one of the two brigades under the operational control of the task group. The other is the 2nd Marine Brigade.

The Facebook post said Maj. Gen. Gerry Barientos, commander of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, has been designated as the new JTGS commander.

The Abu Sayyaf, an al Qaeda-linked group of Islamic fundamentalists, is currently holding hostage four foreigners and a Filipina in Sulu. Ten Indonesian and four Malaysian crewmembers of tugboats have also been abducted in separate incidents in Mindanao lately, but the military has yet to confirm that they were in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/561585/news/regions/2-sulu-military-commanders-sacked-amid-unsolved-cases-of-kidnapping

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