Kalinaw News: Army Secures return of 7 dead NPA to Families

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 8, 2021): Army Secures return of 7 dead NPA to Families

CAMP GENERAL HERNANDEZ, Dingle, Iloilo – First they deceive them, then they leave them for dead. This has been the modus of the deceptive Communist Terrorist Group, who, for more than five decades, have preyed on our hapless youth to take up arms against fellow Filipinos for a senseless armed struggle. What’s worse, they do not even give their victims the honor of a proper burial; with their kin never seeing them again.

The irony of this senseless struggle is that the CTG’s own perceived enemy, is the one who gives their dead the decency of returning home — alive when they return to the government fold, and even in death, their loved ones are assured to be given a chance to pay their last respects.

December 07, 2021, was a sad reunion for the families of the seven Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs) who died in the Miag-ao encounter of December 1 of this year. The remains of the 7 CNTs were claimed by their grieving loved ones from the Moleta Funeral Homes in Miag ao, Iloilo.

It can be recalled that last December 01, 2021, government security forces under the joint task group of the 301st Infantry “Bayanihan” Brigade clashed with the members of the CNTs under Suyak, Sentro de Grabedad (SDG) Platoon, Southern Front (SF)-Panay at Sitio Burak, Barangay Alomidias, Miag ao, Iloilo which left nine enemies dead, with zero casualty from the government side.

The 61st Infantry Battalion, Miag-ao PNP with the support of the Local Government Unit of Miag ao, Iloilo have turned over the seven remains of the CNTs that were retrieved by troops from the encounter site in Sitio Burak, Brgy Alomidias, Maig ao. Iloilo after being abandoned by their fleeing NPA comrades.

Meanwhile, the parents of the dead NPA expressed their grief and resentment to the CPP-NPA terrorists for recruiting their children. “I was saddened because we didn’t know that our children were a member of NPA, we didn’t know that they were already recruited. We hope that the leaders of the NPA will stop recruiting and deceiving innocent civilians for their personal interest,” said one grieving parent in their native dialect. On the other hand, the parents expressed their gratitude to the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police for bringing the dead bodies of their loved ones to be given a decent burial.

Brigadier General Marion R Sison, the 301st Brigade Commander extends his deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of the dead CNTs. “Nakakalungkot isipin na walang dinulot kung hindi matinding hinagpis sa mga naulilang pamilya ng mga kabataang ito, na nalinlang na sumama sa armadong pakikibaka. Isang malungkot na Pasko ang dulot sa mga magulang at iba-pang mahal sa buhay. These terrorists are cowards who left their comrades for dead. Hindi ito ang samahan na kanilang binabandila. Sila ay mga duwag pagdating ng oras ng kagipitan. Hinding hindi niyo sila maasahan,” Sison said.

“This could have been avoided if they had listened to our call to lay down their arms, leave the armed movement, go back to the folds of the law and to their families and avail the programs, projects, and assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP),” Sison added.

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