From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 7, 2020): 4 suspected NPA members nabbed, charged in NegOcc (By Nanette Guadalquiver)
ARRESTED, CHARGED. Suspected Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army members (from left) Jovanie “Jojo” Bohol, Wilmar “Rain” Pongasi, Juannie Obedas, and Leoltren Trinidad were arrested in a checkpoint operation in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Friday (Oct. 2, 2020). They were indicted for illegal possession of firearms and explosives by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Bacolod City on October 5. (Photos courtesy of 62nd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army)
Four suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were apprehended during a checkpoint operation in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on the evening of October 2.
Their arrest was reported by the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Tuesday afternoon, a day after they were indicted for illegal possession of firearms and explosives by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor here.
The suspects, who belong to the Komiteng Rehiyon - Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor, were identified as Jovanie “Jojo” Bohol, 25, a resident of Danao City, Cebu; Wilmar “Rain” Pongasi, 24, of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; Juannie Obedas, 31, of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental; and Leoltren Trinidad, 31, of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.
Maj. Gen. Eric Vinoya, commander of the 3ID, attributed their arrest to the cooperation and vigilance of Negrenses in the government’s fight against terrorism and insurgency.
Vinoya said the association of Pongasi, a staff of the Cebu-based Farmers Development Center, with the CPP-NPA shows the direct participation of such a legal front organization in terroristic activities in central Negros.
“Pongasi’s arrest reveals his affiliation with the communist-terrorist group, which manifests its deceptive nature by using legal organizations and terrorism to fuel their ill intent of raising funds to fill the pockets of their greedy leaders,” he said.
According to the Army’s report, the four were flagged down by personnel of the 62nd Infantry Battalion and Moises Padilla Municipal Police in Sitio Proper, Barangay Montilla at about 8 p.m. after they were informed by residents about the presence of suspicious individuals on two motorcycles.
Bohol, which belongs to the CPP-NPA’s C1 Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon, was found possessing a caliber .45 pistol while Pongasi, also a known member of Kabataang Makabayan, yielded an M203 grenade launcher.
Also seized from the group were two magazines of a caliber .45 pistol with 12 live ammunition; four 40mm M203 grenade launcher live ammunition; two transistor radios; a pair of rain boots; an NPA flag; and a printer.
Subversive documents indicating the suspects’ connection with the CPP-NPA and a marriage certificate of top-ranking NPA couple Nona Espinosa and Adidas Acero, who were arrested in Guihulngan City last September 20, were also found in their belongings.
The charges against the four were filed by Capt. Randy Babor, officer-in-charge of the Moises Padilla Police.
In the October 5 joint inquest resolution signed by Prosecution Attorney Ken Furuyama, all four respondents were indicted for violation of Section 28(a) in relation to Section 28 (e) (1) of Republic Act 10951 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act and Section 3 of Presidential Decree 1866 as amended by RA 9516 or illegal possession of explosives.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1117721
Their arrest was reported by the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) on Tuesday afternoon, a day after they were indicted for illegal possession of firearms and explosives by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor here.
The suspects, who belong to the Komiteng Rehiyon - Negros/Cebu/Bohol/Siquijor, were identified as Jovanie “Jojo” Bohol, 25, a resident of Danao City, Cebu; Wilmar “Rain” Pongasi, 24, of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; Juannie Obedas, 31, of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental; and Leoltren Trinidad, 31, of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.
Maj. Gen. Eric Vinoya, commander of the 3ID, attributed their arrest to the cooperation and vigilance of Negrenses in the government’s fight against terrorism and insurgency.
Vinoya said the association of Pongasi, a staff of the Cebu-based Farmers Development Center, with the CPP-NPA shows the direct participation of such a legal front organization in terroristic activities in central Negros.
“Pongasi’s arrest reveals his affiliation with the communist-terrorist group, which manifests its deceptive nature by using legal organizations and terrorism to fuel their ill intent of raising funds to fill the pockets of their greedy leaders,” he said.
According to the Army’s report, the four were flagged down by personnel of the 62nd Infantry Battalion and Moises Padilla Municipal Police in Sitio Proper, Barangay Montilla at about 8 p.m. after they were informed by residents about the presence of suspicious individuals on two motorcycles.
Bohol, which belongs to the CPP-NPA’s C1 Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon, was found possessing a caliber .45 pistol while Pongasi, also a known member of Kabataang Makabayan, yielded an M203 grenade launcher.
Also seized from the group were two magazines of a caliber .45 pistol with 12 live ammunition; four 40mm M203 grenade launcher live ammunition; two transistor radios; a pair of rain boots; an NPA flag; and a printer.
Subversive documents indicating the suspects’ connection with the CPP-NPA and a marriage certificate of top-ranking NPA couple Nona Espinosa and Adidas Acero, who were arrested in Guihulngan City last September 20, were also found in their belongings.
The charges against the four were filed by Capt. Randy Babor, officer-in-charge of the Moises Padilla Police.
In the October 5 joint inquest resolution signed by Prosecution Attorney Ken Furuyama, all four respondents were indicted for violation of Section 28(a) in relation to Section 28 (e) (1) of Republic Act 10951 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act and Section 3 of Presidential Decree 1866 as amended by RA 9516 or illegal possession of explosives.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1117721
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