Maguindanao seeks MILF help for Teduray tribes

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to help the military protect the non-Muslim Teduray tribe in the province from the atrocities of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

Mangudadatu, who is also chairman of the Maguindanao Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), convened the council in Buluan town and discussed the plight of thousands of indigenous Teduray dislodged from Mount Firis by a series of deadly attacks BIFF gunmen have been staging in the past three weeks.