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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

10TH INFANTRY (AGILA) DIVISION, PHILIPPINE ARMY


Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Panacan, Davao City
Landline 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 his
son’s skeletal remains in a shallow grave located at a mountainous area of
Compostela Valley Province.

Born on November 18, 1992, Bobong Andoyo joined the New People’s Army
at 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 never
returned home since then.

Maneja raised and spent around 50 thousand pesos from selling whatever
little possessions he had to look for his son. He traveled to many places including
military camps where his son allegedly surrendered as claimed by his comrades in
the underground movement. He and his wife knew about their son’s plan to
surrender but the apathy and indifference of the NPA to their concern for the well
being 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 mental
exhaustion he experienced so he turned his back to the rebel group who encouraged
him to join the armed group in order to uplift his family from poverty. Staring blankly
at the empty space, he felt the guilt of leaving his brother to die in the hands of the
people of proudly claim to be the defender of the masses.

A rebel returnee who belonged to the same unit with Bobong revealed that the
latter, 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 to
find and punish the “traitors”. The incident that followed later is history.

On the information fed by a resident of Sitio Pundasyon, Maneja finally


learned that his son was executed by his own comrades. For fear that, he too, would
be harmed if he would go to the site where his son was buried, he sought the
assistance of the military. Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Napuli, the Commander of
the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Battalion, immediately organized a team that would
secure 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 Bobong
was 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 the
company 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, the
same clothes he was wearing when he left home eleven months ago.

With the assistance of the military, the skeletal remains of the two were
brought 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 active
members of the NPA to encourage them to surrender so as not to suffer the same
fate as his son’s. “Giawhag nako katong mga ginikanan nga adunay anak, paryente
o kaila nga miyembro sa NPA nga ilang panaugon arun dili masusama sa nahitabo
sa akong anak,” he said.

Released by:

LTC MEDEL M AGUILAR PA


Public Information Officer
Email add: dpao10id@yahoo.com
PICTURES

Bobong Anduyo alias “Iso” joined the


NPA at the age of 15. His skeletal
remains and that of another NPA

member identified as
Reto Mawang, a.k.a.
Jeffrey was exhumed
from a shallow grave in
Sitio Pundasyon,
Barangay Concepcion,
Laak, Compostela Valley
Province on October 4,
2010. The two who
desired to leave the
underground movement
and live a peaceful life
with their families were
executed by their own
comrades in November
last year.

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