More personnel from the Philippine National Police’s elite Special Action Force will be sent to Negros Occidental to counter the threat from the communist New People’s Army.
Western Visayas police spokesperson Superintendent Joem Malong said they have yet to determine how many SAF personnel will be sent there.
“It is still subject to evaluation and situation on the ground as to how many will be deployed in Negros Occidental,” she said.
Presently, Malong said there are six SAF battalions in Negros Occidental.
But Malong maintained this is no militarization but just a bid to protect Negros Occidental from the threat from armed groups.
Earlier, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea justified the need for reinforcements in Negros.
Medialdea cited recent acts of violence, including the “Sagay 9” incident and the killing of National Union of the People’s Lawyers-Negros secretary-general Atty. Benjamin Ramos Jr.
For his part, Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. aired support for the deployment.
http://visayas.politics.com.ph/saf-beefs-up-deployment-in-neg-occ/
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