From the Mindanao Examiner (Aug 2, 2021): Captured Sayyaf terrorist turns out to be police employee
Police agents captured an Abu Sayyaf terrorist who turned out to be a civilian employee of the Banguingui municipal police headquarters in the southern province of Sulu.
A police photo shows the captured terrorist Masckur Adoh Patarasa.
The terrorist, Masckur Adoh Patarasa, serves as a liaison officer of the Abu Sayyaf group, and is facing a string of criminal charges and wanted in the province of Basilan. He is also the brother-in-law of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, whose group operated in Basilan.
This was also confirmed by National Police Chief General Guillermo Eleazar, who was in Zamboanga City over the weekend. He said Patarasa was captured in Jolo town on Friday evening by security forces following an “intelligence-driven operation” by various police and military units.
“Patarasa is an active non-uniformed personnel of the PNP presently assigned at Banguingui Municipal Police Station in Sulu, but was also found out to be a finance and logistic liaison officer of the Dawlah Islamiya (Islamic State) and Abu Sayyaf, and included in the Martial Law Arrest Order No. 1 during the Marawi siege in 2017,” Eleazar said.
Eleazar said Patarasa joined the Abu Sayyaf under Khadafy Janjalani in 2001 and later on moved to Sulu and served under another terrorist leader Radulan Sahiron. Patarasa also acted as liaison for Malaysian Jemaah Islamiya terrorist and ISIS fighter Mohammad Amin Baco, who was killed by troops in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur also in 2017.
Patarasa was also reported to have received funds from terrorist Almaida Salvin, who was captured here in April 2019. Salvin was included in the U.S. Treasury's sanctions blacklist after she was accused of providing terror funds to Dawlah Islamiya.
Eleazar said he ordered the immediate dismissal of Patarasa as a civilian employee. “Inatasan ko ang IAS (Internal Affairs Service) na madaliin ang summary dismissal proceedings upang agad na matanggal bilang NUP (non-uniformed personnel) si Patarasa habang hinaharap sa korte ang patong-patong na kaso laban sa kanya,” he said.
He said the police are investigating how Patarasa was able to apply for work as police civilian employee and to determine if there are other police personnel involved with the Abu Sayyaf. “Patuloy ang imbestigasyon kay NUP Patarasa para malaman kung mayroon pang ibang PNP personnel na kasapi ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf group,” Eleazar said.
“Hindi malayo ang posibilidad na may iba pa siyang kasama kaya dito nakatutok ang ating follow-up investigation. Kasabay nito, aalamin din natin kung ano-ano ang mga kasong kinasangkutan nila. Atin din aalamin kung paano nakapasok sa PNP itong si Patarasa na sangkatutak pala ang mga arrest warrants at kasong kinakaharap kaugnay ng kanyang pagiging miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf,” he added.
The terrorist, Masckur Adoh Patarasa, serves as a liaison officer of the Abu Sayyaf group, and is facing a string of criminal charges and wanted in the province of Basilan. He is also the brother-in-law of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, whose group operated in Basilan.
This was also confirmed by National Police Chief General Guillermo Eleazar, who was in Zamboanga City over the weekend. He said Patarasa was captured in Jolo town on Friday evening by security forces following an “intelligence-driven operation” by various police and military units.
“Patarasa is an active non-uniformed personnel of the PNP presently assigned at Banguingui Municipal Police Station in Sulu, but was also found out to be a finance and logistic liaison officer of the Dawlah Islamiya (Islamic State) and Abu Sayyaf, and included in the Martial Law Arrest Order No. 1 during the Marawi siege in 2017,” Eleazar said.
Eleazar said Patarasa joined the Abu Sayyaf under Khadafy Janjalani in 2001 and later on moved to Sulu and served under another terrorist leader Radulan Sahiron. Patarasa also acted as liaison for Malaysian Jemaah Islamiya terrorist and ISIS fighter Mohammad Amin Baco, who was killed by troops in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur also in 2017.
Patarasa was also reported to have received funds from terrorist Almaida Salvin, who was captured here in April 2019. Salvin was included in the U.S. Treasury's sanctions blacklist after she was accused of providing terror funds to Dawlah Islamiya.
Eleazar said he ordered the immediate dismissal of Patarasa as a civilian employee. “Inatasan ko ang IAS (Internal Affairs Service) na madaliin ang summary dismissal proceedings upang agad na matanggal bilang NUP (non-uniformed personnel) si Patarasa habang hinaharap sa korte ang patong-patong na kaso laban sa kanya,” he said.
He said the police are investigating how Patarasa was able to apply for work as police civilian employee and to determine if there are other police personnel involved with the Abu Sayyaf. “Patuloy ang imbestigasyon kay NUP Patarasa para malaman kung mayroon pang ibang PNP personnel na kasapi ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf group,” Eleazar said.
“Hindi malayo ang posibilidad na may iba pa siyang kasama kaya dito nakatutok ang ating follow-up investigation. Kasabay nito, aalamin din natin kung ano-ano ang mga kasong kinasangkutan nila. Atin din aalamin kung paano nakapasok sa PNP itong si Patarasa na sangkatutak pala ang mga arrest warrants at kasong kinakaharap kaugnay ng kanyang pagiging miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf,” he added.
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