Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Arrest of top NPA commander won’t hamper the release of captured law enforcers

From the Philippine News Agency (May 3): Arrest of top NPA commander won’t hamper the release of captured law enforcers

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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