COTABATO CITY: Members of an insurgent group in Mindanao continue to extort and threaten farmers in remote villages in Sultan Kudarat province, officials said on Sunday.

Sancho Salamanca, chairperson of Barangay Katiku, said the Bangsmoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) continue to extort “protection money” from farmers who were also threatened if the demand was ignored.

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