First Lieutenant Kirk Lee Amigos, 3rd Special Forces Battalion Civil Military Officer identified the surrenderers as Jessica Q Agustin alias Apple and Romel O Damarillos alias Kim-J.
The rebel returnees are members of the NPA’s Sub-Regional Sentro de Grabidad Southland (SRSDG-SL), Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC).
According to Amigos, the former rebels decided to gave themselves up due to a series of encounters between the government forces and the Communist-Terrorist Group (CTG) in the hinterlands of Sitio Panucmoan, Barangay Diatagon, Surigao del Sur.
They also yielded a caliber.30 M1 Carbine and Cal. 38 snub-nosed revolver.
Amigos said the surrenderers revealed to them that the group's abuses such as looting of farm products and harvests of the poor farmers in the hinterlands and their leaders mismanagement of their finances made them realize that they belong to a group of bandits if not terrorists that are contrary to the propagated delusive ideals that enticed them to join the communist terrorist group (CTG).
The terrible experience they suffered from their deceitful comrades also forced them to denounce the deceptive ideologies of the CPP-NPA-NDF, Amigos said.
Lieutenant Colonel Gernale, Commanding Officer of the 3rd SF Battalion, is pleading with the families of the remaining active members of the CPP-NPA to convince their loved ones to surrender and establish a strong and happy family so that together we can establish a strong and undivided nation.
The surrenderers are now under the custody of the 3rd SF Battalion for debriefing and will be enrolled in the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integrated Program (E-CLIP) for them to receive financial and livelihood assistance.
Photos from 3rd Special Forces Battalion
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