NPA Squad Leader Abandons Group to Spend Christmas with Family

NPA Squad Leader Abandons Armed Group to be with Family this Christmas

New People’s Army (NPA) squad leader abandons his responsibilities in the armed group to be with his family this Christmas season.

A former squad leader of the armed group NPA to reunite with his family and spend Christmas together. Ilan Talha Binongkasan alias “King”  surrendered to the military’s 41st Mechanized Company at Purok Poblacion in barangay Rogongon on December 14, 2020.

NPA Squad Leader
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According to Western Mindanao Command Commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., King, 35, was the squad leader of Squad Uno, Platoon Dos, Ace Company, Sub-Regional Committee 5, North Central Mindanao Regional Command.

It is said that before King’s wife convinced him to surrender, he had been thinking about reuniting with his family this Christmas and to stop them from taking the same path.

King was exposed at a young age to communism as his parents were NPA members. At the age of 17, he already held a gun, he told in a Manila Bulletin interview. 

“Hindi ko gusto magaya sa akin mga anak ko. Doon sa loob, ang taas ng pangarap ngunit walang nakamtang benepisyo para sa pamilya,” he said. 

“Wala talaga kaming ibuhay sa aming pamilya,” he said and was dependent on what their leaders would give to their families. It was not enough though and it was not done as promised every month. 

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King and his wife, alias Marie, 32 met in Budkidnon in 2009 and King just surrendered to the government. In 2010, they tie the knot at a mass wedding in Cagayan de Oro.

However, King went back to the armed group in Agusan del Norte after their second child was born in 2012. His wife said that they are having difficulties when her husband rejoined.

According to her, she supported their children by doing laundry jobs. They have four kids, 10 years old is the oldest, who watch after his siblings ages 6,3,2 while Marie is doing laundry jobs.

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Marie was scared for her husbands whenever they hear news about military operations as they can only talk to each other via intermittent text messages. She admits that she wished her husband to be dead due to his job.

She even tried to break up with him but King followed her when she returned home to Cagayan de Oro. However, Marie feels pity for him and for their children.

And now, Marie shared that she is happy for her husband quitting the armed struggle. Luckily, 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion Commandor Domigo G. Dulay Jr. allows King to be with his family when he surrendered.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Interior and Local Government on Saturday gave P5,000 cash assistance to King and to the three other rebels who surrendered. 

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