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| Zamboanga cops beat up, hold Sayyaf chieftain's sis-in-law | |
| 2008-04-30 | |
| Police in Zamboanga City allegedly beat up and detained a sister-in-law of Basit Usman, one of the chieftains of the Abu Sayyaf Group, after she offered to lead authorities to the bandit leader's hideout in Basilan island. The ABS-CBN Regional Network Group report said Norma Jakaria, a native of Jolo, Sulu, was taken by members of the city police Monday noon. Jakaria said she was in Zamboanga to seek help from city prosecutor Ricardo Cabaron for the planned surrender of Usman. She said she went to Cabaron's office Monday morning and was promised help. According to Jakaria, Cabaron told her that he would shoulder the money for gasoline expenses for the boat trip to fetch Usman from Basilan. But as she emerged from the city prosecutor's office, Jakaria said she was whisked to a waiting van. Inside the vehicle, Jakaria said several men beat her up. Aside from Jakaria, police arrested her uncle named Ibno Rasid Ayub and a man identified as Almunier Yussop, a pedestrian. Yussop said he was waiting for a ride along Pilar Street when the police took him in. He added that like Jakaria, the men inside the vehicle ganged up on him. The man accused the police of forcing him to admit he was an accomplice of Jakaria and Ayub.
Police, meanwhile, declined to issue a statement regarding the arrests. Cabaron has likewise remained silent on the incident. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Is it true the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-04-30 14:05 |