For now, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is withholding any further information about the status of three kidnapped foreigners, who were earlier reported to already be in the MNLF custody.
Kidnappers have released the two Filipino crew members of Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, just as reports surfaced that members of the Moro National Liberation Front have clashed with Abu Sayyaf in its bid to pressure the bandit group into releasing more of their captives.
The guest list for the signing of the Bangsamoro deal in Malacañang on Oct. 15 indicates the government’s intention to give its preliminary peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) international recognition.
An official of the Moro National Liberation Front in Sulu decried Thursday a claim by the local police that a senior MNLF leader as among the people allegedly holding Jordanian TV journalist Baker Abdulla Atyani and his Filipino crew.
Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali said the cases of the two European bird watchers abducted in the province in February were no longer under the jurisdiction of the crisis management committee he heads.
