Three members of the New People's Army (NPA) voluntarily
surrendered to authorities in Mawab town, Compostela Valley
Capt. Rhyan Batchar, 10th Infantry Division public affairs
office chief, said Wednesday the rebels, who surrendered last Aug. 1, are all
members of the NPA's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee.
He declined to give their names for security reasons. He
said the rebels were convinced by a former cohort to voluntarily surrender.
The surrender was further influenced by the increasing
number of NPA fighters leaving the organization and living peaceful lives with
help from the government's Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP),
Batchar added.
Records show that 64 ex-NPAs have received livelihood and
monetary assistance from CLIP since 2015.
In the first seven months of 2016, 141 rebels have formally
surrendered to 10th Infantry Division units.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=909974
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