By Jong Cadion
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (September 29, 2016)- Early dawn this
27th of September 2016, elements of Joint Task Force Sulu together with
concerned citizens of Panglima Estino, Sulu conducted strike operations against
ASG/KFRG members which resulted to the death of Nixon Muktadil and Brown
Muktadil, commonly known as Muktadil brothers, in the vicinity of Tambulian
Island, Daungdung, Pata, Sulu in Southern Philippines, military official said.
Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) Information Officer Maj. Filemon
Tan disclosed that the Muktadil brothers were involved in a series of
kidnappings of twenty-six (26) Indonesians and Malaysians at the high seas of
the boundaries of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The kidnap victims
were crewmen of five (5) different tugboats who were victims of these KFRG at
different instances in the period of six (6) months. These boats ply the said
shipping routes to deliver coal and other commercial items.
Major Tan said, the death of the Muktadil brothers is a major blow to
the group of ASG Sub-Leader Alhabsy Misaya because they serve as the sea guides
and navigators during conduct of kidnapping at the high seas.
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