A top leader of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) based in Negros Occidental was captured over the weekend during an operation by a joint military and police team.

Maj. Roy Tiongson, spokesman of the Third Infantry Division (ID), on Sunday identified the rebel leader as Victor Tapang, alleged former commanding officer of the NPA’s Sentro de Grabidad Platoon and current member of the taxation bureau of the Northern Negros Front, Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros.

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