Curfew eyed in Zambo Sur town as protection against kidnapping

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Pitogo Fish-port. (Photo by JONG CADION)

PITOGO, Zamboanga del Sur, April 13 (PNA) –- The Crisis Management Committee (CMC) activated to address the kidnapping of a child and a teenager has recommended the imposition of curfew in this town.

Mayor Richard Garban, CMC chair, announced this during Sunday's press conference here.

Garban said the CMC recommendation was forwarded to the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) for concurrence.

Mayor Richard Garban (Photo by JONG CADION)

The concurring resolution of the SB will be forwarded to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) and will be immediately implemented if SP will approve it.

Garban said the imposition of the curfew will ensure the security and safety of the residents.

Still in the hands of the kidnappers are Ace Jay Garban, three, and a bakery worker, Ledegie Tomarong, 17.

Garban and his younger sister, Zynielle Jay, two, and Tomarong, were seized by 10 gunmen during a shootout last March 31 at the fish port in Barangay Poblacion, this town.

The shootout ensued as policemen pursued the gunmen, who failed to seize their kidnapping target, businesswoman Chzarenia Kapa Sajulga, who owns a bakery in in Barangay Poblacion and the employer of Tomarong.

The gunmen made good their escape as they grabbed the three children, who were at the fish port, and made them as human shields that prevented the policemen from further pursuing them.

The gunmen killed Zynielle Jay, whose body was fished out from sea by fishermen on April 3 near the shore of this town.

Pitogo Fish-port. (Photo by JONG CADION)

The Garban children are the grandchildren of the mayor of this municipality. (PNA)
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