THE Bicol Region Police Office has placed its
intelligence men on the lookout against alleged members of the
Magdalo group reportedly recruiting forces in Camarines Sur to
destabilize the government.
Regional police chief Senior Supt. Balligi
Tira said in a phone interview that information has reached them
that at least two alleged members of the Magdalo Group, which
staged the short-lived Oakwood mutiny in 2003, were seen
"somewhere" in Camarines Sur last Tuesday.
"They are suspected to be carrying out
recruitment activities in an area in Camarines Sur, so I
dispatched my intelligence agents to conduct surveillance
operations," Tira said.
He declined to provide details or identify
the supposed recruiters.
He also said the alleged recruitment has yet
to be confirmed by his men. "Wala naman daw sa pulis ko ang nire-recruit
ng mga iyon… So far, very general pa lang ang information na
nakarating sa akin on the alleged recruitment."
Tira said no recruitment for destabilizers
would happen in his area of concern.
"The Police Regional Office 5 is in support
of the PNP in rallying behind President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
and is ready to thwart all anti-government forces, either from
the rightist, leftist or extremist that will try to destabilize
the government," he said.
The Bicol Region Police Office is located in Albay’s capital
Legazpi City, while the Army’s 9th Infantry Division is based in
Pili, Camarines Sur. – Raymond Africa
