FORMER REBEL CHIEFTAIN Nur Misuari is asking the Sandigan Bayan – where he is facing graft charges – to return P920,000 travel bond he put up for his recent trips abroad.
Lawyer Arthur Lim, legal counsel of Misuari, filed a motion before the Court, asking the Sandigan Bayan’s 3rd Division to allow the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chieftain to withdraw the bond.
In his motion, Lim said Misuari has no plan of traveling abroad in the future and for this reason, he is asking to withdraw his money. “That he has no plan of going abroad in the foreseeable future and would now like to withdraw his travel bond,” Lim said in a report by ABS-CBN.
Misuari had been allowed to fly to the United Arab Emirates and Morocco in February to attend a series of meetings by the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation where the MNLF sits as an observer. He is facing two counts of graft and two counts of malversation with falsification of documents for the allegedly anomalous purchase of educational materials amounting to P77 million when he was governor of the Muslim autonomous region in 2001.
Aside from graft charges, Misuari is also accused of attacking Zamboanga City in 2013 that left over 200,000 people without homes following weeks of street battles between security and rebel forces that killed and wounded some 300 civilians. It was the second time that MNLF forces raided Zamboanga.
In November 2001, Misuari’s loyal forces also attacked Zamboanga and left dozens of civilians dead and wounded. Heavily-armed MNLF gunmen also took hostage over 100 civilians, including women and children, and used them as shield and pawn so they can negotiate with the then Lobregat administration and eventually allowed to escape to Basilan and Sulu provinces.
In 2016, Mayor Beng Climaco banned all MNLF rallies in Zamboanga City following attempts by Misuari’s group to hold a peace caravan despite the charges against Misuari. (The Zamboanga Post)
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