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| Southeast Asia |
| 1000 firearms sold to communist militants in the Philippines |
| 2014-06-07 |
| More than 1,000 high-powered firearms have been sold to communist insurgents since 2011 with the unwitting assistance of 19 senior police officials at Camp Crame, Philippine police said on Thursday. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) discovered the irregularity by investigating President Aquino's disclosure in December last year that AK-47 assault rifles had disappeared after their papers were being processed. Director Benjamin Magalong, head of the CIDG, said that among those to be charged is Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta, the director of the Central Luzon police. Magalong said two more active police directors, an active police chief superintendent and a retired chief superintendent would also face charges for facilitating the licensing and sale of the firearms to New People's Army (NPA) militants in Mindanao. Besides Petrasanta, Directors Gil Meneses and Napoleon Estilles, Chief Supt. Regino Catiis and retired Chief Supt. Tomas Rentoy will also be charged along with 14 other police officials and 10 private individuals. On Thursday, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a splinter of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), claimed that it was buying ammunition from sources in the Philippine Army. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Yee's sources have to get them somewhere. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-06-07 08:02 |
| #1 When did AG Holder go to the Philippines? |
| Posted by: Steven 2014-06-07 02:09 |