Just as I suspected while eating Fried Chicken and Knorr Crab and Corn Soup for lunch this afternoon.
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"ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines -- The hired driver of television reporter Ces Drilon and her crew has claimed to police that a known "military agent" and not members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group abducted the ABS-CBN team, the Sulu police chief said Thursday.
Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, Sulu police director, said driver Maramma Hasim, the man hired by Drilon and her team to chauffer for them in Maimbung on the day of their disappearance, claimed that one Juamil "Maming" Biyaw was the "missing link" to knowing who was behind the abduction.
Biyaw, a resident of the village of Sandah in Patikul town, is known in Sulu as a military agent, Kasim said.
Kasim said Hashim, who is now in police custody, claimed Biyaw was with the group Sunday when Drilon, cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, and their guide, Mindanao State University Professor Octavio Dinampong went to Maimbung.
They went missing after an armed group reportedly intercepted them along Kulasi, town of Maimbung while on their way to meet Abu Sayyaf leaders “to cover a special event.”
Quoting Hashim, Kasim said Biyaw ordered the driver to stop somewhere in the village of Labbah at around noon Sunday.
"The passengers, including Madame Ces, thought there was problem with the car,” Kasim quoted Hashim's account.
"All the passengers casually went down from the vehicle and this Biyaw guy invited the four to join him in a walk towards Mount Mabusing (interior of Labbah). So there was no scuffle. Madame Ces and the rest walked casually," Kasim added.
Hashim was reportedly surprised when the five left him on the highway.
"But he waited until 4 p.m. and this Biyaw returned alone instructing the driver to leave the place. The driver, apparently disturbed, followed the orders," Kasim added.
"Because of fear, the driver didn’t even show up readily and he is now in our custody. Right now, we are looking for this Biyaw and we are checking further his background and how close he is with the military as he being reported as an agent," Kasim said.
But Kasim admitted he was "a bit confused" by the different information he has been receiving the past days.
"He (Hashim) gave information that runs counter to what our Maimbung police earlier supplied," he said.
"It was my Maimbung police chief (Inspector Abdulsamad Mañalas) who said that, and I admit it might have been a presumption since the incident took place where Gafur Jumdail's group operates," he said.
But Maimbung Mayor Najib Maldisa said Mañalas had denied giving the identities of the kidnappers prior to confirmation from the ABS-CBN executives.
"It’s a good thing we did some of our homework. That is why I was a bit hesitant in blaming anyone especially if I didn't see them with my own eyes or receive any information direct from these bandits," the mayor said.
But as far as Kasim was concerned, the police are now looking at other groups.
"But I will not say anything at this moment. I just let Hashim's affidavit speak for what is the latest development," he said.
Maldisa, on the other hand, said Biyaw "is closely associated with some Marines in the brigade."
- Driver Claims Military Agent, Not Abus Siezed Drilon Team, INQ.net 7:14 pm
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Go Figure:
Meralco + Winston Garcia + Malacanang + Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Lopez Group of Companies + ABS-CBN
Equals
Kidnapping of Ces Drilon in Sulu.
Just wait till the Lopezes get back in 2010.
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"ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines -- The hired driver of television reporter Ces Drilon and her crew has claimed to police that a known "military agent" and not members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group abducted the ABS-CBN team, the Sulu police chief said Thursday.
Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, Sulu police director, said driver Maramma Hasim, the man hired by Drilon and her team to chauffer for them in Maimbung on the day of their disappearance, claimed that one Juamil "Maming" Biyaw was the "missing link" to knowing who was behind the abduction.
Biyaw, a resident of the village of Sandah in Patikul town, is known in Sulu as a military agent, Kasim said.
Kasim said Hashim, who is now in police custody, claimed Biyaw was with the group Sunday when Drilon, cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, and their guide, Mindanao State University Professor Octavio Dinampong went to Maimbung.
They went missing after an armed group reportedly intercepted them along Kulasi, town of Maimbung while on their way to meet Abu Sayyaf leaders “to cover a special event.”
Quoting Hashim, Kasim said Biyaw ordered the driver to stop somewhere in the village of Labbah at around noon Sunday.
"The passengers, including Madame Ces, thought there was problem with the car,” Kasim quoted Hashim's account.
"All the passengers casually went down from the vehicle and this Biyaw guy invited the four to join him in a walk towards Mount Mabusing (interior of Labbah). So there was no scuffle. Madame Ces and the rest walked casually," Kasim added.
Hashim was reportedly surprised when the five left him on the highway.
"But he waited until 4 p.m. and this Biyaw returned alone instructing the driver to leave the place. The driver, apparently disturbed, followed the orders," Kasim added.
"Because of fear, the driver didn’t even show up readily and he is now in our custody. Right now, we are looking for this Biyaw and we are checking further his background and how close he is with the military as he being reported as an agent," Kasim said.
But Kasim admitted he was "a bit confused" by the different information he has been receiving the past days.
"He (Hashim) gave information that runs counter to what our Maimbung police earlier supplied," he said.
"It was my Maimbung police chief (Inspector Abdulsamad Mañalas) who said that, and I admit it might have been a presumption since the incident took place where Gafur Jumdail's group operates," he said.
But Maimbung Mayor Najib Maldisa said Mañalas had denied giving the identities of the kidnappers prior to confirmation from the ABS-CBN executives.
"It’s a good thing we did some of our homework. That is why I was a bit hesitant in blaming anyone especially if I didn't see them with my own eyes or receive any information direct from these bandits," the mayor said.
But as far as Kasim was concerned, the police are now looking at other groups.
"But I will not say anything at this moment. I just let Hashim's affidavit speak for what is the latest development," he said.
Maldisa, on the other hand, said Biyaw "is closely associated with some Marines in the brigade."
- Driver Claims Military Agent, Not Abus Siezed Drilon Team, INQ.net 7:14 pm
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Go Figure:
Meralco + Winston Garcia + Malacanang + Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Lopez Group of Companies + ABS-CBN
Equals
Kidnapping of Ces Drilon in Sulu.
Just wait till the Lopezes get back in 2010.
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