By
JONG D. CADION
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (July 1, 2018) – Six
members of family Javier including the two minors were reportedly missing and
believed to be abducted by unidentified armed men in Sirawai municipality in
Zamboanga del Norte on June 28, 2018 at about 6:30am, Police Official said.
Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) PIO
Chief PCINSP Helen L. Galvez disclosed that Sirawai Municipal Engineer Eng.
Valiente ‘Toto’ Felizarte reported the incident to Sirawai Municipal Police
Station (MPS) that the farm care taker of his farmhouse located at Sitio Maasom,
Brgy San Nicholas, Sirawai were allegedly missing.
Initial investigation conducted
disclosed that early morning of the same day a certain Janjan Vender, 26, a
construction worker of irrigation system near the area noticed that the
caretakers of the said farm were missing.
PCINSP Galvez identified the six
missing victims were as follows:
a. Feliciano "Jerry" Javier,
28, married, farmer,
b. Elsa Javier (wife of Jerry) 28 yrs.
old,
c. Junior Javier, 22 yrs. old, married,
farmer,
d. Rica Javier, 22 yrs. old (wife of
junior),
e. Val Javier, 5 yrs. old (son of Junior
Javier) and
f. Vincent Javier, a five (5) months
old baby of Jerry.
On June 29, 2018 at about 8:00am,
Sirawai Vice Mayor Jaime T. Felizarta informed the Sirawai MPS that the abductors
called up him and informed that the victims were in their custody and introduced
himself as certain Abu, she said.
Gavez added that the Vice Mayor was
able to talk to one of the victims and told him that they are in good condition
and the abductors promised to call the vice mayor on Saturday, June 30, 2018.
The Crisis Management Committee
Emergency meeting was held on Saturday afternoon at the Mayor’s office presided
by Local Chief Executive and attended by the Vice Mayor, Chief of Police of
Sirawai MPS, RMFB9, ZNPFMC and the Army’s 42nd Infantry Battalion, topic
discussed was the safe recovery of the victims and the identifications of the
abductors.
While in on-going meeting, the abductor
called again the cellphone of the Vice-Mayor and demanded four hundred thousand
pesos for the safe release of the victims, but the committee headed by the
Municipal Mayor declined the said amount and just offered a minimal
compensation. The abductor told the Vice-Mayor to call him back tomorrow.
The committee presumed that the
abductors were headed by Jamilon Tukalan Aka Jamilon Wahab. The head of the
committee suggested inviting the sister of Jamilon Wahab presently residing at
Pula Bato, Sirawai, Zamboanga Del Norte for inquiry/interview in connection
with the incident.
The committee also recommends the
continue conduct of negotiation for the safe recovery of the victims.
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The committee also recommends the
conduct of Law Enforcement Support Operation (LESO) in the AOR while
negotiation is on-going in pursuit of the suspects and for the safe recovery of
the victims.
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