A fulltime New Peoples’ Army rebel and 33 Militia ng Bayan (MB) members surrendered to the military in Compostela Valley.
Those who gave up to the 71st Infantry Battalion (IB) at Sitio Upper Lahi, Brgy. Magnaga in Pantukan Tuesday, October 30, came from Barangay Napnapan of the said municipality, military said.
They are all under the Weakened Guerilla Front (WGF) 2, Sub-Regional Committee 2, Southern Mindanao Regional Command organized by certain Kagwang, commanding officer of MB operating in the area.
Lt. Col. Esteveyn E. Ducusin, Battalion Commander of 71st IB, said that with the intervention of the barangay officials and with the help of the real time information fed by the populace, the mass surrender made successful.
“We will never stop to suppress communist NPA terrorists in our area of operation until our populace will leave peacefully away from fears and coercionmade by this terrorist group,” he said.
http://mindanao.politics.com.ph/34-reds-surrender-in-compostela-valley/
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