Communist rebels on Tuesday disarmed a southern Philippine town mayor and his bodyguards at a checkpoint in San Miguel town in Zamboanga del Sur province, police said.

Police said the rebels flagged down the vehicle of Pitogo town mayor Richard Garban and ordered him and his group to disembark in the village of Mati where the New People’s Army set up a checkpoint.

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