The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday filed a rebellion complaint against Nur Misuari, the founding leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), for the deadly standoff following the attack launched by his followers in Zamboanga City in Mindanao on September 9. The PNP alleged that Misuari ordered his followers to attack and seize Zamboanga City Hall.Aside from rebellion, the PNP has also filed a separate charge of violations of international humanitarian laws against Misuari and 82 of his followers at the Zamboanga City prosecutorÂ’s office.
Included in the charge sheets were two captured MNLF leaders, identified as Misuari loyalists: commander Emer Misuari, his nephew, and commander Mistah Baladji, a woman.
The three-week standoff tied the city in knots, left more than 100 militants, soldiers, policemen and civilians dead and displaced more than 100,000 civilians now crammed into 56 temporary evacuation centers. More than 10,000 homes were razed and once-populated villages have been reduced to rubble.
Records showed this was the second rebellion complaint filed against Misuari. The first was an attack launched by Misuari loyalists in Sulu and Zamboanga City in 2001 that killed at least 100 people and injured scores of others.