By Jong Cadion
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga
del Sur (July 11, 2017) - Three heavy equipment units owned by Ramona
Construction were allegedly burned by fifteen (15) unidentified armed men
believed to be members of New People’s Army at Purok-1, Barangay Licabang,
Dumingag, Zamboanga Del Sur at about 8:30 PM Sunday (July 9), official said.
ZCPO – PRO9 information
officer PCINSP HELEN L GALVEZ disclosed that
in a report reaching to
this office, more or less fifteen (15) armed malefactors believed to be members
of NPA surrounded the bunkhouse of Ramona Construction Located Purok-1,
Barangay Licabang, Dumingag, Zamboanga Del Sur and poured gasoline and set fire
on several parked trucks and heavy equipment near the said bunkhouse.
PCINSP GALVEZ said that
the burned heavy equipment units are as follows: one unit color white Mitsubishi
Canter with plate number YEC 352, one unit Mitsubishi mini Dump Truck color
blue with plate number YGV 890 which was plunge on the road side while the
engine was set on fire, and one unit Isuzu dump truck with plate number RHD 217
was burned by pouring gasoline on the engine but luckily the fire went out. The
estimated cost of damage is more or less Three Million Pesos.
PNP elements of Dumingag
MPS led by PCINSP EDGAR R. HINOCTAN, Chief of Police, together with the 53rd Infantry
Battalion, Phil. Army, RPSB9 3rd Maneuvering Platoon 2nd MC are now conducting
manhunt operation against the armed suspects who fled immediately after the
incident.
As this developed,
PCSUPT BILLY B BELTRAN, Regional Director, PRO9, condemns the recent burning of
three (3) heavy equipment units in Barangay Licabang, Dumingag, Zamboanga Del
Sur, perpetrated by the members of the NPA who shows their disregard on the
development of the said municipality.
The Regional Director
encourages the public to report any sightings of the NPA and their atrocities
immediately to the authorities or to the nearest police station and to the PNP
hotline numbers and KKK Mobile Apps.
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