From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 12, 2022): 8 NPA supporters yield in Zambo Sur (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)
SURRENDER. Eight trusted mass base supporters surrender to government authorities on Sunday (Dec. 11, 2022) at Barangay Dapiwak in Dumingag town, Zamboanga del Sur province. They took their oath of allegiance to the government in the presence of police, military, and government officials at Camp Major Reginaldo Abelon that houses the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office in Pagadian City. (Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao.)
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Eight trusted mass base supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA) have withdrawn their support from the communist group and taken their oath of allegiance to the government in Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official said Monday.
Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the NPA supporters surrendered around 3 p.m. Sunday in Purok 3, Sitio Kumpayan, Barangay Dapiwak in Dumingag town, Zamboanga del Sur province.
Verceles said joint police and military operatives facilitated the surrender of the eight NPA supporters through the conduct of internal security operations in Barangay Dapiwak.
Verceles said the surrenderers - seven farmers and a student - are all residents of the village.
He said five of the surrenderers were males and three were females, the oldest being 57 years old and the youngest being the student, 21.
He said they turned over two .38-caliber revolvers, an M-14 rifle with ammunition, two 40-millimeter high explosives and recruitment paraphernalia.
They took their oath of allegiance in a ceremony held at Camp Major Reginaldo Abelon that houses the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office in Pagadian City in the presence of police, military, and government officials.
Verceles said the surrenderers belonged to different groups under the umbrella of the Guerrilla Front Big Beautiful Country of the NPA’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.
He said they were released to Dapiwak Barangay Councilor Jorry Maglasang in good physical condition for further community reintegration.
They were also given food packs as initial assistance from the government.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190549
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