Posted to Kalinaw News (Apr 18, 2023): Top and most wanted NPA leader from Mindanao abandons comrades, arrested in Malaysia
MAWAB, Davao De Oro – Eric Jun Casilao alias Elian/Wally/Chan/Kuya, Secretary of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC) and Central Committee member of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Communist Terrorist Group (CTG), was apprehended at Jeti Point International Clearance Gate, Langkawi, Malaysia, on April 1, 2023.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, Bureau of Immigration, and Department of Foreign Affairs conducted a joint law enforcement operation with the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysian Immigration that resulted in the apprehension of Casilao while he was boarding a ferry bound for Koh Lipe, Thailand.
Eric Jun Casilao was put on the Malaysian Red Notice List for falsification of passport by assuming fake identity. Likewise, after his arrest, Eric Casilao was detained for violating Malaysian Immigration laws and deported to the Philippines on April 17, 2023.
In the country, Casilao is one of the most notorious CTG leaders as he orchestrated numerous terroristic activities in the Davao Region. He has an existing warrants of arrest for the crimes of Murder, Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention, and Attempted Murder.
In an interview with Arian Jane Ramos, former Secretary of Guerilla Front 55, she said that all the while they thought that Eric Casilao was in the other adjacent regional committees within the country.
“As an NPA cadre, leaving one’s NPA unit goes against the CPP’s doctrine. How much more leaving the country? NPA cadres are expected to lead their people on the ground. However, in the case of Casilao, he left SMRC and the country because he could not bear the suffering that SMRC was experiencing. He left, thinking only of saving himself, and leaving his comrades to either die of hunger or in armed encounters,” she added.
Joy James Saguino, former Deputy Secretary of Sub-Regional Committee 1 of the CTG also exposed the selfishness and treacherous behavior of NPA top leaders. “While the organization continues to wage its decades-long insurgency in the Philippines, it is clear that most of its leaders are more concerned with their own personal gain than with the welfare of their followers,” Saguino said.
In his message, MGen Jose Eriel M Niembra, 10ID Commander, said that CTG leaders have no safe place to stay and hide, even outside the country.
“The government is determined to capture CTG leaders and terrorists wherever they are,” MGen Niembra added.
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