The activity highlighted the formal presentation of the 51 CNT surrenderers by officials of the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police.
901st Brigade Commander Arsenio Sadural disclosed that 12 of them were identified as two high-ranking officials who recently surrendered to the troops of the 36th Infantry Battalion in Carmen town in Surigao del Sur.
BGen. Francisco Lorenzo Jr., commanding officer of 401st Brigade, also presented five surrenderers who sought help from the 75IB, while three found refuge from the Special Forces Battalion.
Police BGen. Kirby John B. Kraft, on the other hand, presented the remaining 31 CNT surrenderers from the different units in Surigao del Sur during the event.
36th Infantry "Valor" Battalion led by Lt. Col. Vincent Viray identified the two high-ranking CNT leaders as Joel Maca Mahinay alias Nicko/Manu, the deputy secretary, and his wife named Linebeth Mahinay alias Dayding/Jeva, the finance/logistic officer, of the weakened Guerilla Front 30 (WGF30), Sub-Regional Committee Westland (SRC WL) of the Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC).
The two high ranking CNT officials surrendered along with their four members to the government troops of the 36th IB, under the 901st Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Diamond Division, Philippine Army.
According to Viray, the CTG members also gave up 12 high-powered firearms, including three M16 rifles, two M14 rifles, four CZ858 rifles, one M4 carbine rifle, one Bushmaster rifle, one grenade launcher, and other items such as 16 rifle magazines, hundreds of ammunition, and bandoliers.