November 25, 2012, SunstarZamboanga, Another Sayyaf bandit falls, by Bong Garcia,

Joint  military and police operatives have arrested a suspected Abu Sayyaf bandit involved in the 2002 kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witness in the province of Sulu, officials disclosed Saturday.

Captain Alberto Caber, information officer of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, said the suspect was arrested around 11:20 a.m. Friday in the village of Tulungatung, 17 kilometers west of Zamboanga City.

Arrested was Walid Amping alias Tuma, who was arrested on the strength of warrant of arrest for six counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with no bail recommended issued by a Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 266 Judge Toribio Ilao Jr., Caber said.

Amping also has warrant of arrest for murder issued by a Zamboanga City Court, according to Caber.

Amping's arrest came a day after another suspected Abu Sayyaf bandit involved in 2001 kidnapping was arrested in the nearby province of Basilan.

The victims -- four females and two males -- were on a door-to-door sale of cosmetic products when the Abu Sayyaf bandits seized them.

The bandits beheaded the two male hostages, whose bodies were found a day after they were kidnapped.

The rest of the hostages were rescued after weeks of military operations against the Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu.

Arrested on Thursday was Abu Jaid alias Ajing, who was arrested on the strength of warrant of arrest by combined military and police operatives at port of Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.

Jaid was involved in the 2001 kidnapping and beheading of two workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation in the village of Tairan, Lantawan, Basilan.    website: