BROUGHT BACK HOME. Troops of the Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion loads the coffin of the late New People's Army leader Roland Maglasang inside a vehicle to bring his remains back to his family in Barangay Dapiwak, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur. Maglasang's body was abandoned by his comrades following a clash on May 12, 2022 in Leon Postigo town, Zamboanga del Norte. (Photo courtesy of 53IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB) and the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (MTF-ELCAC) of the Zamboanga del Sur town of Dumingag have facilitated the return of the remains of a rebel to his family. Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera, 53IB commander, said Tuesday that Rolando Maglasang, former commander of the defunct Guerilla Front-BBC of the NPA's Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC), was killed in an encounter with government troops last May 12. Herrera said Maglasang's body was abandoned by his comrades during the encounter in