(MANILA BULLETIN)
The nine NPA militia members turned themselves in to the Community Support Program (CSP) team of the Philippine Army 61st Infantry Battalion (61st IB).
Capt. Ruel Llanes, acting civil military officer of the 301st Infantry Brigade (301st IB), said all nine were supporters of the NPA Southern Front Committee in Panay Island.
“These individuals act as the eyes and ears of the enemy in their barangays (villages) to report on the presence and movement of government security forces,” said Llanes.
The NPA militia members also offer logistical support to the NPA.
Aside from the nine NPA militia members, a regular NPA rebel also surrendered. The 24-year-old male rebel known as “Agot” was assigned to an NPA platoon in Tubungan, Iloilo.