Saturday, December 31, 2016

Charges filed against Abu Sayyaf member

From Sun Star-Zamboanga (Dec 31): Charges filed against Abu Sayyaf member 
 
THE local police have filed a case before the City Prosecutor’s Office against a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) arrested together with a wounded ASG sub-leader.
 
Charged for harboring of criminal is Javil Noni alias Abu Javs, 18, a native of Patikul, Sulu.
 
The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) said the case against Noni was filed on Wednesday, December 28, two days after he was arrested.
 
Combined police and military operatives have arrested Noni together with ASG sub-leader Hairulla Asbang on the night of December 26 at a private hospital in the city.
 
The police said Asbang was admitted in the hospital in the morning of December 26 for medical treatment since he was wounded in previous clash with government troops in the province of Sulu.
 
Asbang has standing warrants of arrest for kidnapping and serious illegal detention and kidnapping with murder issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 10 in Dipolog City and RTC branch 34 in Davao City.
 
The police said Noni has admitted that he is an ASG member when taken to the Police Station 5 for questioning after they were arrested.
 
The police said Noni has availed of his rights to a preliminary investigation and signed a waiver under Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code.
 

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