Kidnapped suspect Ryan Tumales, (By JONG CADION) |
Ryan Tumales |
PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 30 (PNA) -–The group behind the abduction of an
education official in Kumalarang municipality, this province, is a locally
based kidnap-for-ransom-group (KFRG).
This was disclosed by
suspect Ryan Tumales, who also revealed that he was a former member of the New
People’s Army (NPA) before he joined three months ago the KFRG involved in the
abduction of Rudy Luna.
Tumales, 22, was
arrested barely two hours after they seized Luna and his wife, Tessie, around
8:00 p.m. Tuesday in Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang town.
At the ZSPPO during the turn-over of the suspect |
Luna’s wife was able
to escape while they were being dragged into one of the three motorized bancas
of the suspects docked at the shore of Sitio Dacun, Barangay Picanan of the
same town.
Luna is the Bayog
District School supervisor in Bayog town while his wife is the supervisor of
Kumalarang Central Elementary School.
Tumales disclosed
that their group is operating in this province and in the nearby province of
Zamboanga Sibugay.
“I was left behind
because the motorized banca where I am supposed to ride was already loaded,” he
said.
In revealing he was a
former NPA rebel, Tumales disclosed that he was wounded and captured in a clash
on November 2, 2008 at the age of 16 in Barangay Gasa, Lakewood town this
province.
Tumales said that
after his capture, he was admitted at the “Tabak” Hospital of the Army’s 1st
Infantry Division.
1st Infantry Division
information officer Maj. Edmond Abella said based on records it was confirmed
that Tumales was admitted at the “Tabak” Hospital in November of 2008.
Tumales said that
Luna’s abduction was his “first mission” after he joined the KFRG three months
ago.
He is in the custody
of the police as investigation continues concerning Luna’s abduction. (PNA)
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