{"id":43076,"date":"2015-02-18T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43076"},"modified":"2015-02-20T23:47:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T15:47:39","slug":"civilian-hands-over-saf-equipment-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/18\/civilian-hands-over-saf-equipment-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilian hands over SAF equipment to police"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42950\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pnp-saf-milf-return-weapons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42950\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pnp-saf-milf-return-weapons.jpg\" alt=\"Turn-Over Ceremony of the 16 surrendered SAF firearms on Thursday, February 19 at Camp Aguinaldo. (PNP-PIO)\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pnp-saf-milf-return-weapons.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pnp-saf-milf-return-weapons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pnp-saf-milf-return-weapons-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turn-Over Ceremony of the 16 surrendered SAF firearms on Thursday, February 19 at Camp Aguinaldo. (PNP-PIO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A concerned citizen, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, turned over a Kevlar helmet with two bullet holes, a ballistic plate for bulletproof vest and a two-way handheld radio to the Maguindanao police on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The said equipments were used by the slain Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) commandos in the gruesome encounter with Moro rebels in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao province last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to the unidentified civilian, he surrendered the items to their provincial police after hearing the calls of PNP officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakiusap ko lang sa MILF, isauli ninyo ang mga gamit namin. That\u2019s ours. Pinatay niyo na ang mga tao namin. Huwag niyo nang dagdagan,\u201d Espina said last week, appealing for the return of the PNP-SAF firearms, mobile phones and other equipments.<\/p>\n<p>(I\u2019m requesting the MILF to return our equipments. That\u2019s ours. You already killed our men. Don\u2019t kill more of them.)<\/p>\n<p>Maguindanao police commander Senior Superintendent Rodelio Jocson appreciated the concerned citizen\u2019s gesture and hoped that more firearms and equipments of the killed PNP-SAF elite police will also be turned over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a farmer living in Barangay Tukanalipao. The civilian said he recovered the items [in their barangay] after the encounter on January 25. I am hoping that the firearms of fallen 44 will be turned over to us soon,\u201d Jocson said, calling other villagers to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>The police also urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Font (MILF) to hand over the PNP-SAF firearms and equipments they retrieved from the bloody clash. They believed that at least ten rifles were in the possession of the rebel group.<\/p>\n<p>MILF peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal had earlier gave his word that they will surrender firearms and equipments currently in their hold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MILF has decided to return the firearms and any retrievable personal effects of the fallen SAF-PNP in deference to the peace process and the recognition of the MILF that it never wanted that unfortunate incident on January 25, this was the first time since 2011 that a firefight happened,\u201d Iqbal said in a letter read during a Mamasapano probe hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Maguindanao police will then hand over the retrieved items to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).<\/p>\n<p><em>With report from Cyra Moraleda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A concerned citizen, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, turned over a Kevlar helmet with two bullet holes, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":42950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}