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A police officer was abducted Tuesday morning, July 5, outside his house in Carmen, Surigao del Sur.
Police Superintendent Michael B Lozada, public information officer of the Philippine National Police office in Caraga Region said Police Officer 1 Richard V. Yu Jr., assigned to the Carmen Municipal Police Station, was abducted by heavily armed men at 6:25 a.m. while he was taking care of farm animals outside his residence in Sitio Hubason, Barangay San Vicente.
"Police personnel together with our military counterparts are already tracking down the armed men and are exhausting all efforts to locate the abducted police officer,” Lozada said in a statement.
Also, Lozada said teams from the Surigao del Sur Provincial Public Safety Company and police personnel from the local government units together "with our soldiers have set up checkpoints to restrict the movements of the captors."
"The Crisis mManagement Committee headed by the town Mayor Hon. Jane Valeroso has been activated to handle the situation,” he added.
Michael Escuyos, municipal council member and designated spokesperson of the LGU, said they had been trying to communicate with the captors.
“We have exerted all efforts in aiding the family of the abducted police officer to communicate with the captors. The family of the abducted cop, revealed to us that Yu contacted them and stated that he is all right and fine and that they should not worry a about him," he said.
"We are hoping that the armed group who abducted Yu will also contact us and provide us detail as to why he was taken,” added Escuyos.
He said the LGU was trying its best to resolve the situation through peaceful means and was hoping that Yu would be returned to his family unharmed.
“A few months ago his wife give birth to their first child, I hope those who abducted him will not do anything that would rob the child of his father,” said the council member.
Police Inspector Alan Blasco said the abducted police officer was new to the force.
“Yu who is 32 years old started his assignment in Carmen (in) 2014, and so far we cannot find any reason why someone would abduct him since he is known in the community as a good person and does not have any issues related to his service in the town. We hope that the group who abducted him would shed a light into their motive,” said Blasco.
Both PNP-Caraga and the Philippine Army’s 16th Infantry Battalion based in the neighboring town of Madrid believe that the armed group that abducted the police officer is part of the communist New People’s Army (NPA).
“Based on the intelligence reports that we have gathered, we believe that the abductors are members of the NPA. As of now our efforts, since yesterday, have been to search the where about of Yu and his abductors," said Captain Welmar Ladlad, Civil Military Operations Officer of the16th IB.
"Our troops are currently on hot pursuit operation in the mountains areas covering Carmen and the nearby towns of Madrid, Cantilan, Lanuza and Cortes. In the ground, we’ve already established check points together with the police covering several towns in the area,” added Ladlad.
http://interaksyon.com/article/130034/armed-men-abduct-cop-in-carmen-surigao-del-sur
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