Communist rebels in Mindanao are set to free more captives as a gesture of goodwill for the resumption of formal peace negotiations with government on August 22.
Following the order from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao for the New People’s Army to release two police officers they are holding, the rebel Front in Northeastern Mindanao also said its forces in the region would free four policemen and a civilian captured in July.
A statement from the NDF-Northeaster Mindanao Region identified the captives:
- Surigao del Sur - Police Officer 1 Richard Vaz Yu of Carmen, Surgao del Sur, who was seized on July 5 and remains in the custody of the NPA’s Front Operational Command 30
- Surigao del Norte - PO2 Caleb Sinaca, PO3 Jayroll Bagayas and non-uniformed personal Rodrigo Angob of the Malimono municipal police station, and Senior Police Officer 3 Santiago Lamanilao of the Surigao City police. The four were captured together on July 24 and are held by the NPA’s Front Operation Command 16.
The rebels said all five captives had undergone “preliminary investigation,” the results of which would they said would be handed to third-party facilitators during the release with a request to forward these to Philippine National Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa “in the hope that it will assist them (PNP) in their own investigation.”
http://interaksyon.com/article/131611/mindanao-rebels-to-free-more-captives
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