Posted to Kalinaw News (Nov 14, 2021): 20 Communist Terrorist Group supporters yield in Sultan Kudarat
Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – November 14, 2021
Twenty supporters of the communist terrorist group yielded to the 57th Infantry Battalion in Sultan Kudarat on November 12, 2021. Their identities will not be disclosed for safety and security reasons.
According to Maj. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Jr., Commander of Western Mindanao Command, the 20 are mass supporters of the CTG from Sitio Upper Balayan, Barangay Basak, Sultan Kudarat. They submitted themselves to Lt. Col. Jonathan Pondanera, Commanding Officer of 57IB at the headquarters of the Alpha Company at Sitio Kumalawit, Barangay Purikay, Lebak, same province.
Surrendered personalities were then presented to Lebak Mayor Frederick Celestial. They undertook the oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines and burned CTG flags as their sign of condemnation for the group. It was witnessed by MLGO Ismael Annual and Chairman Rogelio Talagtag of Barangay Basak.
603rd Infantry Brigade, through the 57IB, conducted custodial debriefing to the said CTG supporters.
“Those who wish to surrender must know that we are here to support them. We are one with the peace-loving people of Mindanao in the journey to quell terrorism and insurgency in the region,” Maj. Gen. Rosario, Jr. stated.
“They are a diverse group of individuals deceived by the communist terrorists, and now they found their way out,” said Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, Commander of Joint Task Force Central.
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