MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato -- Members of the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
who maintain communities in the borders of Maguindanao and North
Cotabato have offered to help in the capture of Moks Masgal alias
"Commander Mabrook" and his heavily armed followers, police said.
Senior Inspector Relan Mamon, Midsayap town police chief,
said leaders of Moro fronts in Barangay Nabalawag and nearby communities said
they will help provide intelligence information on the where about of Commander
Mabrook, a lawless armed leader allied with outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Fighters (BIFF).
He did not name the MILF and MNLF officials who offered to
help.
Under the 1997 ceasefire agreement between the government
and the MILF, the rebels are bound to help the government in the arrest or
neutralization of lawless elements in their communities.
The MNLF, on the other hand, has signed a peace deal with Manila
"Illegal drugs is haram (forbidden) in Islam, so we are
against it because it destroys human brains and addicts tend to do crimes more
often," an MNLF leader, who introduced himself as "Commander
Talgo," told reporters in Filipino.
Mamon told DXMS-AM Radyo Bida that Mabrook has about 50
armed followers equipped with rocket propelled grenades, assault rifles and
explosives and survived operation by extortion, kidnapping, robbery in band and
sale of prohibited drugs.
"Our intelligence information showed he is now being
coddled by the BIFF in Liguasan marshland," an Army intelligence officer
said.
A big time operation was carried out by government forces
composed of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), police and military at
about 4:00 a.m. Sunday against Mabrook but armed skirmishes erupted after his followers
sensed the coming government forces.
The operation left three government forces killed, a
civilian guide and four bandits. Nine followers of Mabrook, including his
brother, were injured in the ensuing fire fight. A villager was also hit by
stray bullets and died.
Eight soldiers, all belonging to 6th Infantry Division Recon
Company, were slightly injured.
Mamon said Commander Mabrook, a former MILF sub-leader
operating in the marshland of Maguindanao, was largely involved in distribution
of illegal drugs in several towns in North Cotabato
and Maguindanao.
He was listed as the number 1 most wanted drug personality
in adjoining provinces.
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