Crisis committee to negotiate for cop’s release

MALIMONO,MAL Surigao del Norte – A local crisis managementm committee (CMC) was activatedactivate yesterday to negotiate for the early and saf safe release of the intelligence police officer ofo Malimono Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Surigao del Norte who was abducted WednesdayWednes by still unconfirmed forces.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) anda Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) implementedimpleme the joint response immediately after theth reported abduction incident. The regional command and action center of PRO 13 also activateda their Special Investigation Task GroupGr (SITG) to help manage the crisis situation.situation

The CMC, led by Malimono town Mayor Teodoro Sinaca, have started working on steps to ensure the safe release of Police Officer 1 Jonrie Amber, intelligence officer of MalimonoMalimon MPS, starting with the creation of a negotiatingnegoti panel.

“As ofo this time, we have not yet received confirmationconfirmm from the NPA if they are holding Amber asa their prisoner of war (POW),” said Senior InspectorI Reuel Belza, chief of police of MalimonoMalim MPS.

Meanwhile,Me the regional and provincial police mobilem forces had started their search and rescueresc operations to the abducted police officer in the mountainous and forested mountainmounta of Malimono.

Amber,Amb a resident of Barangay Cawayan, was ridingridi a motorcycle when flagged down by an undeterminedun number of heavily armed men be believed to be NPAs, an initial report reaching the regional command and tactical operationoperatio center of PRO 13 said.

Recently,Rec in Alegria town, communist insurgentsinsurge attacked the Alegria MPS and took fourfou policemen as hostages on July 10. The policemenpol were released by the NPAs after se several weeks of negotiation by the local CMC.CM