Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Only a matter of time before ASG terrorists brought to justice -- JTF Sulu commander

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 13): Only a matter of time before ASG terrorists brought to justice -- JTF Sulu commander

A ranking military official, involved in the ongoing focused military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits, believes that it is only a matter of time before the terrorists are finally brought to justice.

Col. Jesus Manangquil, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said their constant military pressure against the lawless band have forced the bandits to move constantly and free their hostages to expedite their movements.

The former was referring to Monday's release of two Indonesian seafarers, part of the seven earlier kidnapped aboard the Tugboat Henry 00 as it was steaming off Simisa Sulu last June 22.

The released victims identified as Mohammad Nazir, 62 and Robin Piter, 32. The two were released by the ASG through the Indanan-Sulu based Moro National Liberation Front and were then brought to the house of former Sulu Vice-Governor Sulu Absakur Tan in Jolo at 11:30 a.m.

The two were then turned-over to Joint Task Force Sulu for custody, medical check-up and processing at 1:32 p.m.

"(We are on a) sustained manhunt operations against the ASG. They have already felt the pressure of these relentless operations. We have gained so much knowledge about them and it's just a matter of time that the force of the law will be meted upon them," Manangquil stressed.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=948023

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