CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – A suspected New
People’s Army leader surrendered to authorities here Tuesday.
The surrender of the man identified only as
Ka Omar, 33, came following a series of negotiations conducted by police and
military agents and local officials.
Omar was picked up in Tabuk City in Kalinga
by a team led by Supt. Eduardo Danguecan, chief of the La Union police
intelligence unit.
He brought with him his firearm, an M14
Armalite.
Omar joined the communist movement in 1997
and was appointed assistant team leader of the NPA’s Kilusang Larangang
Guerrilla operating in the Cordillera, according to Senior Supt.
Ange-lito Dumangeng, La Union police director.
Dumangeng said Omar decided to leave the
movement because of the difficult life in the mountains.
The rebel-returnee was met by Abono
party-list Rep. Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III, who assured him of his
security.
Ortega hailed Omar for deciding to yield in
La Union, noting it affirmed the province’s peace and order situation.
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