COTABATO CITY—A former village chief of Datu Salibo town, Maguindanao province, who allegedly turned into a crime gang leader, was killed and four of his followers were arrested in a police operation on Wednesday (April 14).
Maj. Esmail Madin, head of the Maguindanao unit of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), identified the slain suspect as Marcos Manunggal, former chair of Tee village in Datu Salibo town.
Manunggal allegedly heads an armed crime group with at least 20 followers operating in the towns of Datu Salibo, Shariff Aguak and Mamasapano towns.
Madin identified the arrested suspects as Arbaiya Bangkong Mus…
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