Head of PNP-SAF relieved after bloody Maguindanao misencounter ANC – 3 hours ago Chief Supt. Getulio Pascua Napeñas—Head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF)—has been relieved after the bloodiest police operation in recent history. The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now forming a Board of Inquiry that will investigate the incident, which left many policemen dead in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. The said board will be headed by the acting PNP Chief Deputy Director Leonardo Espina. That operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao targeted two international terrorists, Zulkifli Bin Hir alias Marwan and Basit Usman. It involved nearly 400 police commandos. Some 44 members of the team them were killed, while 12 were wounded. I personally talked to the director of SAF and told him about his administrative relief to pave way for the start of the board of inquiry. Id like to get to the bottom of things. What happened? How can this happen? And more importantly, wed like to give justice to our fallen heroes. Yung mga pulis nating namatay, said acting PNP Chief Dep. Director Leonardo Espina. Officials said that the policemen died in what they now call a misencounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Inquiry focus and full state honors for fallen policemen The investigation to be headed by Espina aims to detemine, among others if there was indeed no coordination with the MILF, why the police had no military support and if the $5 million dollar bounty for Marwan was the motive for the operation. Moreover, Espina also said, I will recommend the highest possible medals to be given equivalent to a gold cross medal to all our fallen heroes and the spot promotion of all those who died in this police operation. benefits, full state honors will all be given. DILGs stance With regards to the inquiry, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Mar Roxas said, Kabahagi ng Board of Inquiry and pag-interview sa lahat nitong 392 na myembro ng SAF. Yung kanilang sarhento, junior officers, senior officers, middle officers — kelan ang training, sino nagsabi...para nga malaman kung ano nangyari. Roxas also revealed that the operation was also not cleared with the DILG and the PNP leadership. The said the Board of Inquiry intends to find out why. What the MILF wants The MILF is now calling for a joint investigation. It is also hopeful that the incident wont derail the Mindanao peace process. Its officials have also said that the policemen had a misencounter with the MILF, denying the police commandos were ambushed in Mamasapano. This unfortunate misencounter took place immediately after the uncoordinated operation by the PNP-SAF against the MILF, said MILF Chief Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal. There was no ambush as being alleged by the PNP. In fact it was the PNP-SAF which fired first at the forces of the MILF command, Iqbal said. The group also claimed that the firefight between the SAF and the Bangsamoro Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was a different encounter. Iqbal stated, Iba yung puwesto ng BIFF nung nagkaron ng engkwentro sa MILF, magkaiba yung area.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:45:06 +0000
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