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| Southeast Asia |
| Philippines orders curfew for Jolo |
| 2009-04-02 |
| [Straits Times] THE Philippines imposed a curfew and a state of emergency on Tuesday on a remote southern island where an Islamic militant group has threatened to kill one of three Red Cross workers it holds hostage. Provincial Governor Abdusakur Tan issued the proclamation of emergency minutes after the expiry of a rebel ultimatum to authorities to withdraw troops from much of Jolo island. The Abu Sayyaf group had said it would execute one of the hostages if their demand was not met by 2 pm Singapore time. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The government said it had complied earlier this month with rebel demands to move back the security cordon around them. By Sunday, nearly 1,500 soldiers, police officers and armed civilian volunteers had moved back by about 15 km from the rebel position in the interior of southern Jolo island. I wonder if that was sign of capitulation or clearing the area out and giving fair warning a fight was about to happen? |
| Posted by: Floper Protector of the Veal Cutlets1979 2009-04-02 19:10 |