AFTER the New
People’s Army (NPA) announced over the weekend that they have released Cirilo
Bagnoran, a member of the breakaway Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex
Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB), on Christmas Day, the police said they still have
to confirm the report.
Senior
Superintendent Samuel Nacion, officer-in-charge of Negros Occidental Police
Provincial Office (Noppo), said Sunday the La Castellana Municipal Police
Station is still verifying the report that Bagnoran was freed.
He was abducted
on December 10 when rebels ransacked the cock farm of RPA-ABB leader Rene
“Maco” Europa at Hacienda Jamandre, Barangay Robles in La Castellena town.
The NPA’s
Leonardo Panaligan Command said in a press statement that
Bagnoran, 42, was freed at their detachment in Barangay Macahagay, Moises Padilla town.
Bagnoran, 42, was freed at their detachment in Barangay Macahagay, Moises Padilla town.
Early last week,
the family of Bagnoran led by his wife Mildred appealed to the rebel group to
free her husband in time for Christmas.
Nacion said they
were informed that on December 25, Bagnoran was released by his abductors at
the mountainous area of Barangay Puso, La Castellana.
When policemen
went to the house of Bagnoran on Friday afternoon to confirm if he was indeed
freed, his family said he still failed to return, he added.
Nacion said that
Bagnoran was sick and very weak, and that policemen are coordinating with his
family to ensure that he is safe.
The NPA tagged
Bagnoran and Europa in the 2012 murders of Cristie Florendia of Kasilingan Village ,
La Castellana and Elmer Macurba of Barangay Manlak, Guihulngan City
Ka Heneroso
Silong, chief of the People’s Court of the NPA, said in a statement that the
release of Bagnoran came after the latter was acquitted from the criminal
charges.
Silong said the
decision of the People’s Court to dismiss the case against Bagnoran went
through a process.
An investigative
team found that Bagnoran has no involvement in the two incidents since he was
confined at the hospital at that time, and that he didn't receive money from a
politician to murder Florendia.
Bagnoran said in
a radio interview that he was not harmed by the rebels during his two-week
captivity.
He added that one
of the conditions set by the NPA for his release is that he will leave RPA-ABB.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2015/12/28/noppo-verifying-report-npa-freeing-bagnoran-448968
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