5 NPA rebels surrender in Cagayan

From the Manila Times (May 18, 2021): 5 NPA rebels surrender in Cagayan (By Leander C. Domingo)

FIVE members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police in Sto. Niño town, Cagayan province as a result of the PNP’s Lingkod Bayanihan Project, police regional office 2 (PRO2) said on Sunday.

For security reasons, the PRO2 only identified the surrenderers as Jun, 36 years old; Jong, 40; Sendong, 29; Lino, 23 and Kiko, 38, all known in the sub-village of Lagum in Barangay (village) Lipatan as ordinary farmers.

In a tactical interrogation conducted by the police, Jun admitted that he joined the NPA in 2011 after eight days of combat training.

Jong also joined the NPA in 2011 after he was issued a firearm. His initial assignment was to gather intelligence information for the NPA as he was not able to undergo training for health reasons.

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In 2004, Kiko joined the NPA as a courier who procures supplies for the rebels in Piat town and joined in 2011 as a member of the Anakpawis led by Isabela Adviento.

In 2001, Sendong said he was recruited by NPA commander Alias Loroy while commander Reybi recruited Lino as chairman of the Kabataang Makabayan in Lagum.

Sendong and Lino said they were actively involved in teaching the “Pamulat na Aral sa Masa.”

The five surrenderers remained under the custody of the Sto. Niño police for the second round of tactical interrogation.

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