Kidnap-for-ransom group seizes bizman’s son

From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Nov 27): Kidnap-for-ransom group seizes bizman’s son

A KIDNAP-for-ransom-group (KFRG) suspected to be based in central Mindanao abducted the son of a prominent businessman in Zamboanga del Sur, the police said Wednesday.

Kidnapped was Edmund Corpuz, 31, a resident Purok Maliwanag in Barangay Dalapang, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.

Zamboanga Peninsula police information officer Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca said Corpuz’s kidnapping was reported to them Wednesday morning by the victim’s brother, Eleazar.

Huesca said Eleazar told the police in Labangan town that they received a call early Wednesday from the kidnappers who demanded ransom money "in exchange for his release."

It was not revealed, though, how much ransom is being demanded by the kidnappers.
Earlier, the victim's father, Bonifacio, reported to the police in Labangan municipality that his son was missing.

The elder Corpuz reported that his son, Edmund, went to the Zamboanga del Sur National High School in Pagadian City around 2 p.m. Monday to fetch a relative, but failed to return home.

The victim's family owns vast track of land planted to rice and operates a rice mill in Labangan town.

Huesca said the Zamboanga Del Sur Police Office has created Special Investigation Task Group-Corpuz and coordinated with anti-kidnapping group for the possible rescue of the victim.

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