PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Jan.
22, 2019) –
An eighteen year-old Communist NPA Terrorist surrendered to 10th Infantry
Battalion in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Monday (January 21, 2019),
military official said.
Capt. Clint
Antipala, acting Division Public Affairs Office Chief identified the
surrenderer as “Alias Jessie (not his true name) was tired and desperate of the
regulations and the illegal activities of the group that led him to escape and
surrender,” said Lt. Col. John Andrada, the 10th Infantry Battalion Commander,”
Antipala
also said that yesterday, an NPA medic also surrendered to 53rd Infantry
Battalion in Guipos, Zamboangadel Sur due to exhaustion and hunger.
Seventy-one
Communists NPA Terrorist yielded to 10thIB as of year 2018.
“We will
expect and attract more NPAs to surrender with the advent of Enhance
Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the government that gives
benefits not only for themselves but also for their families,” said Col.
BagnusGaerlan, 102nd Infantry Brigade Commander who operationally controlled 10thIB.
Custodial
debriefing is still on-going as of this posting.
Meanwhile, Maj.
Gen. Roseller Murillo, 1st Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Zampelan
(Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao Provinces) Commander, commended the efforts of
the troops for the successful surrender ofthe NPA
teenager.
“The youth
is the hope of our future. The local populace, stakeholders and concerned
agencies should be wary of the NPA’s propaganda and recruitment of our youth.”
Maj. General Murillo added. (By JONG CADION with DPAO PR and photos)
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