NPA Negros liaison officerarrested in Metro Manila

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 5, 2020): NPA Negros liaison officerarrested in Metro Manila

An alleged liaison officer of the South West Front Committee of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros was captured by the police at Brgy. Merville in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Wednesday.

PLt. Col. Necerato Sabando, Sipalay City police chief, yesterday said that the alleged NPA liaison officer, identified as Roger Lumanog, alias Jijie Lumanog, has a pending arrest warrant issued by Kabankalan Regional Trial Court Judge Rodney Magbanua for the crime of murder with no bail recommended.

Lumanog, 36, and a resident of Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, was apprehended by intelligence operatives of the Southern Police District of National Capital Region Police Office, in coordination with the Sipalay City Police Station.

Initial police investigation showed that Lumanog is the liaison officer of the NPA South West Front-KR Negros, with another accused person identified by the police as Rex Vargas, for logistical requirements of the NPA in southern Negros.

Sabando said that Lumanog was accused for killing his former comrade who had left their group.

Lumanog is now detained at the Taguig City Police Station jail, pending his transfer to Negros Occidental, Sabando said.

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