The scheduled release of four other law enforcers now in the
custody of the New People’s Army (NPA) would not be hampered following the
arrest of a top NPA commander in Agusan Del Norte Monday.
Police Supt. Police Chief Supt. Rolando Felix, Caraga
regional police director, said that Ricardo A. Manili, a.k.a. “Kumander Joker,”
was captured at a Comelec checkpoint manned by the police and the elements of
the 23rd Infantry Battalion in Mat-i, Las Nieves, Agusan Del Norte, Monday
afternoon.
He said that the police record showed that Ricardo Manili
has an outstanding warrant for two counts rebellion, two counts murder and
multiple murders.
Manili was captured together with six other individuals
during a routine check at a Comelec checkpoint manned by the military and
police about 1 p.m. Monday.
In a statement emailed to the media outlets here Tuesday,
Cesar Renerio, the spokesman of the National Democratic Front (NDF) North
Central Mindanao, said that the scheduled release of four other law enforcers
now in the custody of the NPA would not be hampered with the arrest of Manili.
He identified the law enforcers as PFCs Diven Tawide and
Glen Austria, both of the 23rd Infantry Battalion, who were captured by the NPA
at a roadblock in Buenavista, Agusan Del Norte last April 3.
The other two were police officers SPO1 Warren Coñales and
PO3 Edwin Panis Castor, who were captured on April 3 in a separate NPA-manned
checkpoint in Impasug-ong town in Bukidnon.
Last Monday, the NPA released Misamis Oriental police
officer SPO4 Rene Rombo who was also captured in a separate roadblock in
Misamis Oriental on April 3.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=881881
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