The Armed Forces chief of staff on Friday said he was willing to stop a military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf if the terrorist group would set free its remaining hostages.

The halt to the offensive “is possible but they need to release all hostages first. Then we can reform them [Abu Sayyaf bandits] and help them change their ways,” Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said in response to a query by a teacher during his visit to Sulu.

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