Captured CPP leader tagged in Cagayan lawmaker’s killing
GAMU, Isabela – The military has tagged a ranking leader of the Communist Party of the
Besides the Aguinaldo killing, the Army said CPP leader Randy Malayao, 38, is also being investigated for the ambush of soldiers in San Mariano town; the killing of barangay chairman Nicholas Collado, also in San Mariano; the liquidation of Army personnel in Ilagan town; and the slay of businessman Benjamin Olalia Jr., also in Ilagan.
The Army’s 5th Infantry Division based at Camp Melchor de la Cruz here, which was responsible for Malayao’s arrest, formally turned him over to the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group after presenting him to the media the other day.
In a statement, the National Democratic Front-Cagayan Valley accused the military of “abducting” Malayao, who it said was “unarmed” and had a safe conduct pass as the movement’s political consultant.
Maj. Gen. Melchor Dilodilo, 5th ID chief, said Malayao was nabbed by virtue of arrest warrants for two counts of murder and frustrated murder issued by the
According to the Army, Malayao, an active student leader at the University of the
Malayao, also known as Panyo, Tonyo, James or Edu in the underground movement, also heads the regional education department of the NLRPC, formerly known as the Cagayan Valley Regional Party Committee, the Army said.
“The capture of Malayao is a big blow to the communist terrorist organization, further derailing their plans and hostile actions. It also denotes that they are on the run and lacks (people’s) support, leaving them with no capable cadres to stand by their organization,” Dilodilo said. – With Jaime Laude
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