ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces have arrested a barangay (village) captain who allegedly was working for the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said policemen, backed by soldiers, seized Fauzi Abdulla, chief of Barangay Niyog Sangahan in Talipao town, over the weekend in the town of Indanan and is being interrogated by authorities.

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