By Jong Cadion
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| Lin Yuankai alias Jampong Lin |
ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least 5 members
of Abu Sayyaf terrorist group operating in Zamboanga City were killed and 1
captured after 15 minutes firefight between the joint government troops of
Philippine Army and Police operatives yesterday morning resulted to the rescue
of Chinese kidnapped victim Lin Yuankai alias
Jampong Lin.
Lin Yuankai alias Jampong Lin, 38, the vice
president for operations of mining firm Li-Lo Minerals Traders was recovered
inside the newly installed Abu Sayyaf Sub-camp after the joint government
troops overrun them in Brgy. Calabasa some 50 kilometers east of Zamboanga
City, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said.
Five kidnappers belong to the notorious Abu Sayyaf were
killed during the operation. They were identified by Western Mindanao police
regional director Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles as Termije Ajijul, the
Sub-leader of Abu Sayyaf Sitti Raja Salvin, Abu Ulm, Arab-Arab and Banah-Banah.
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| Jian Luo alias James Luo |
Jampong Lin was
kidnapped in Barangay F.L Peña, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay at about 8 p.m. on
June 4 together with Jian Luo alias James Luo, 43, executive of a mining
company and a native of Guandong, China, who was first released by his
abductor. He was dropped in Arena Blanco, Zamboanga City around 1:30 a.m. on
August 27, 2012 after the allegedly payment of P5
million ransom at the parking lot of Garden Orchid hotel along Gov. Camins Avenue. James Luo left for China few weeks after his
release.
The hostage is in good condition flown for Manila after he
was presented to the members of media this morning at the PNP Regional-9 Office
during the press conference.
The joint government operatives were able to arrest ASG
member identified as Sambri Aslon Kamlon alias Abu Ziad, and is now under the
custody of the Philippine National Police-Western Mindanao Command
(PNP-WesMinCom) while the group leader Khair Mundos was wounded but managed to
escape.
Mundos who was identified as a key leader and financier of
the Abu Sayyaf was captured in 2004, but he managed to escape from provincial
jail in Basilan on 2007. He has a bounty on his head in the amount of $500
thousand U.S dollars offered by the United States Department of Justice for
information leading to his arrest.
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Wearing Blue Chinese kidnapped victim Lin
Yuankaialias Jampong Lin presented to the
media
during the press conference this morning
September 21,
2012. From his left Western
Mindanao Police RegionalDirector Chief Supt.
Napoleon Estilles and from hisright is Zamboanga
City
Mayor Celso Lobregat.(By Jong Cadion)
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Government troops recovered from the Abu Sayyaf lair
several high powered firearms, 14 backpacks owned by new Abu Sayyaf recruits,
training manuals of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, mobile
phones and other personal belongings.
The operation was initiated by the anti-terrorism task
force Sanglahi, and was carried out by operatives from the Philippine Center on
Transnational Crime, 84th Special Action Company of the PNP Special Action
Force, the Anti-Kidnapping Group, Police Regional Intelligence Unit 9,
Zamboanga City Police Office, 3rd Explosive and Ordnance Disposal unit of the
Philippine Army, and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission. (With Reports from Ely Dumaboc)
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Western Mindanao Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Napoleon
Estilles said
that the Government troops recovered from the Abu
Sayyaf lair several high poweredfirearms, 14 backpacks owned
by new Abu Sayyaf recruits, training manuals of the
Southeast
Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, mobile phones and other
personal belongings. (By Jong Cadion)
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