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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

10TH INFANTRY (AGILA) DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMYNaval Station Felix Apolinario, Panacan, Davao CityLandline No.: (082) 235-1041

Press Release October 5, 2010

Father finds missing son at last

The search for his missing son ended on Monday morning, October 4.Though grieving and in pain, Maneja Andoyo heaved a sigh of relief upon finding hisson’s skeletal remains in a shallow grave located at a mountainous area ofCompostela Valley Province.

Born on November 18, 1992, Bobong Andoyo joined the New People’s Armyat the age of 15 more than two years ago. He left his home in Barangay Prosperidad,

Montevista, Compostela Valley Province four days before his 17th birthday. He neverreturned home since then.

Maneja raised and spent around 50 thousand pesos from selling whateverlittle possessions he had to look for his son. He traveled to many places includingmilitary camps where his son allegedly surrendered as claimed by his comrades inthe underground movement. He and his wife knew about their son’s plan tosurrender but the apathy and indifference of the NPA to their concern for the wellbeing of Bobong made them more worried and anxious.

Though tired and frustrated, he could not just stop because he always dreamt

about his son calling out his name and pleading for help.

Bobong and his younger brother Rodrigo joined the NPA at the same time.Unlike Bobong, Rodrigo could not bear the hunger and the physical and mentalexhaustion he experienced so he turned his back to the rebel group who encouragedhim to join the armed group in order to uplift his family from poverty. Staring blanklyat the empty space, he felt the guilt of leaving his brother to die in the hands of thepeople of proudly claim to be the defender of the masses.

A rebel returnee who belonged to the same unit with Bobong revealed that thelatter, and a certain “Jeffrey” had deserted sometime in November last year bringing

with them their firearms. This angered their unit commander who ordered a team tofind and punish the “traitors”. The incident that followed later is history.

On the information fed by a resident of Sitio Pundasyon, Maneja finallylearned that his son was executed by his own comrades. For fear that, he too, wouldbe harmed if he would go to the site where his son was buried, he sought theassistance of the military. Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Napuli, the Commander ofthe Army’s 3rd Special Forces Battalion, immediately organized a team that wouldsecure Maneja and his relatives. Personnel of the Scene of the Crime Operations(SOCO) in Nabunturan were also deployed to help in the exhumation task.

With trembling hands, Maneja helped dig the unmarked site where Bobongwas buried. Tears were flowing down his eyes as they continued to remove the earth



piled on top of the lonely grave. Not long after, Maneja found him there lying in thecompany of another victim identified by her own mother as Reto Mawang a.k.a.Jeffrey. Bobong was still clad with the black long sleeve shirt and the fatigues, thesame clothes he was wearing when he left home eleven months ago.

With the assistance of the military, the skeletal remains of the two werebrought to a funeral parlor in Panabo City for cleaning and further examination.Apparently, they two were shot at close range.

Now at peace with himself, Maneja calls out to families whose kins are activemembers of the NPA to encourage them to surrender so as not to suffer the samefate as his son’s. “Giawhag nako katong mga ginikanan nga adunay anak, paryenteo kaila nga miyembro sa NPA nga ilang panaugon arun dili masusama sa nahitabosa akong anak,” he said.

Released by:

LTC MEDEL M AGUILAR PAPublic Information OfficerEmail add: [email protected]



PICTURES

Bobong Anduyo alias “Iso” joined theNPA at the age of 15. His skeletalremains and that of another NPA

member identified asReto Mawang, a.k.a.Jeffrey was exhumedfrom a shallow grave inSitio Pundasyon,Barangay Concepcion,Laak, Compostela ValleyProvince on October 4,2010. The two whodesired to leave theunderground movementand live a peaceful lifewith their families wereexecuted by their owncomrades in Novemberlast year.

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