Civil Security Group (CSG) director, Brig. Gen. Roberto Fajardo. (File photo)
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday called on security agencies to surrender high-powered firearms in their possession or have their licenses to operate revoked.
“We will issue cease to operate and we will not renew their licenses to operate. We will conduct an 'Oplan Tokhang' on these agencies that have high-powered firearms for them to surrender it. Surrender it while we are asking nicely,” Civil Security Group (CSG) director Brig. Gen. Roberto Fajardo said during a press briefing in Camp Crame.
The move came after guards of AY76 security agency of power firm Minergy Power Corporation in Balingasag town in Misamis Oriental were caught flat-footed, offering no resistance when suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels stormed the power plant last August 19.
The attackers disarmed the guards of five AK-47 assault rifles and several rounds of ammunition, and looted the facility of radio transceiver sets, and other equipment.
A probe on the possible lapses of the security guards of the facility is now underway.
“The President himself ordered that security agencies must not have high-powered firearms. It's because they are not trained to use it,” he stressed.
Since 2017, civilians and security agencies are no longer allowed to possess high-powered and long firearms.
Fajardo explained that communist rebels may be able to use the seized firearms against government forces.
He said a shotgun is the longest firearm a security agency can possess.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078472
“We will issue cease to operate and we will not renew their licenses to operate. We will conduct an 'Oplan Tokhang' on these agencies that have high-powered firearms for them to surrender it. Surrender it while we are asking nicely,” Civil Security Group (CSG) director Brig. Gen. Roberto Fajardo said during a press briefing in Camp Crame.
The move came after guards of AY76 security agency of power firm Minergy Power Corporation in Balingasag town in Misamis Oriental were caught flat-footed, offering no resistance when suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels stormed the power plant last August 19.
The attackers disarmed the guards of five AK-47 assault rifles and several rounds of ammunition, and looted the facility of radio transceiver sets, and other equipment.
A probe on the possible lapses of the security guards of the facility is now underway.
“The President himself ordered that security agencies must not have high-powered firearms. It's because they are not trained to use it,” he stressed.
Since 2017, civilians and security agencies are no longer allowed to possess high-powered and long firearms.
Fajardo explained that communist rebels may be able to use the seized firearms against government forces.
He said a shotgun is the longest firearm a security agency can possess.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078472
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