THE Department of Justice (DoJ) has dismissed rebellion charges against 58 alleged Maute group recruits and their alleged recruiter who were nabbed in the Zamboanga peninsula last July 25. They were nabbed at a military checkpoint in Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur, and from a house in Guiwan, Zamboanga City. The 59th respondent is alleged recruiter Nur Supian. The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Mindanao Command had tagged the arrested men as “recruits” of the Maute group, as “fresh military and police uniforms” were confiscated from them when they were nabbed. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Friday it would respect the decision of the Department of Justice in junking the rebellion charges against the alleged Maute recruits.

Source: Manila Times September 01, 2017 16:30 UTC