Five New People's Army (NPA) fighters decided to take
advantage of the ongoing Yuletide truce by surrendering themselves and their
weapons to the Philippine Army's 10th Infantry Division units in Compostela Valley
This was disclosed by Capt. Rhyan Batchar, 10th Infantry
Division public affairs office chief, in a statement forwarded to the PNA on
Sunday.
Batchar said the surrenderers were identified only by their
aliases for security reasons. One of them was a certain "Jerwin,"
allegedly a team leader of Guerrilla Front 20, who also surrendered a .45
caliber pistol and two hand grenades to troopers of the 25th Infantry Battalion
who took him into custody.
The other returnees were identified as Dave, 22, and Reyboy,
23, members of Guerrilla Front 71, who also surrendered two .38 caliber
revolvers to 73rd Infantry Battalion troops; and Javier, a member of the NPA's
SECOM 15. and Soy, an operative of SECOM 18.
Batchar said the five rebels decided to return to mainstream
society while the government is implementing a suspension of offensive military
operations starting midnight of Dec. 23 and ending on midnight of Jan. 3, 2016.
All five are now currently undergoing interviews by their
custodial units.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=841555
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