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6 NPA rebels surrender in Batangas
Col. Edwin Quilates, director of the Batangas Provincial Police Office (BPPO), said the NPA rebels also surrendered their firearms on Friday at the provincial police headquarters in Camp Miguel Malvar, Barangay Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City.
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MANILA — Persuaded by their relatives, six suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have voluntarily surrendered to police in Batangas, the top provincial police official said on Saturday.
Col. Edwin Quilates, director of the Batangas Provincial Police Office (BPPO), said the NPA rebels also surrendered their firearms on Friday at the provincial police headquarters in Camp Miguel Malvar, Barangay Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City.
“The surrender of these personalities was attained through the persuasion made by their relatives who were recruited informants from the stated units,” Quilates said.
He added the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines also made the surrender possible through the concerted efforts of the military and police units.
“You can read from the faces of these returnees the excitement of their new found freedom from the false hopes and promises of a crooked ideology, and the hope of a brighter future for them and their families,” Quilates said.
“We shook hands and embraced them to let them feel the care and protection of their motherland who have been yearning and waiting for them to return to the fold of the law,” he added.
Quilates said the rebel returnees are now under custody and care of BPPO and undergoing debriefing, processing, and documentation.
He said his office is also facilitating the rebel returnees’ application for government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), which seeks to contribute toward achieving the goal of permanent and peaceful closure of all armed conflicts with non-state armed group.
The Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
