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4 Reds surrender in Palawan
« on: May 11, 2020, 09:04:47 AM »
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Fraught with continuing focus and civil military operations in the hinterlands of southern Palawan, four active members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered and handed their firearms in peace to the operating units of the Western Command (WESCOM).

Captain Cherryl Tindog, WESCOM Spokesperson, said Sunday that the number was composed of two females and two males, three of whom are teenagers.

She identified the males who surrendered on Sept. 28 as Jeffrey Orit Sampaca (alias Ka Ruben and Ka Dante), 25; and Henry Poyang Minduk (alias Ka Daniel), 18, both residents of Sitio Tabud, Barangay Saraza, Brooke’s Point.

The females are Germalyn Batuan Pitogo (alias Gengen), 16; and Analyn Pitogo Ambuan (alias Ansa), 19, both residents of Sitio Macagua, Barangay Amas, Brooke’s Point, who surrendered on September 29.

Tindog said Sampaca and Minduk handed their issued firearms – one unit M16 Bushmaster with one short magazine, one unit of M1 Garand with five clips and 40 rounds ammunition, two IEDs, and one rocket parachute flare – to troops belonging to the Marine Battalion Landing Team-4 (MBLT-4).

Pitogo and Ambuan, on the other hand, surrendered through the intervention of Pala tribal leader Cunanam Pitogo.

The tribal leader is the father of Germalyn and the uncle of Analyn. He turned over to the care of the MBLT-4 one unit of shotgun.

The WESCOM condemns the use of child soldiers of the communist-terrorists in Palawan in their ranks and operations, she said as she noted that that "child soldiering is a clear violation of human rights and the International Humanitarian Law."

Tindog said the “four are now under the custody of the military for validation and documentation, facilitation of their application for the Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) of the provincial government, and the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP).

“We are glad that these four communist-terrorists have decided to surrender and return to the fold of the law. Their surrender, together with their firearms, IEDs and other war materials is a serious blow to the communism-terrorism in the province,” said meanwhile by WESCOM commander Major General Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr.

Kintanar stated it is also a clear indication of the surrenderees unwillingness to continue with the armed struggle that according to them is tainted by corruption among their leaders, fatigue, and disappointment.

The news about the four NPA surrenderees came after three soldiers belonging to the Marine Battalion Landing Team-12 (MBLT-12) suffered minor injuries in a Saturday morning ambush that was apparently perpetrated by the NPA at Sitio Italpak, Barangay Dumarao, Roxas.

The three wounded Marines were part of a convoy of a M35 truck and an elf vehicle that was returning to the MBLT-12’s headquarters in Roxas following a logistics run from Taytay town in northern Palawan.

Kintanar added the WESCOM continues to urge other members of the NPA to put their arms down and surrender.

“The LSIP and the CLIP are waiting for them to start their lives anew,” the WESCOM commander said. (PNA)



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