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60 SAF troops arrive in Samar to battle ‘lawless violence’

TACLOBAN CITY - About 60 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrived in Samar. Chief Supt. Dionardo Carlos, Eastern Visayas police director, said the SAF members were housed at the provincial police headquarters in Catbalogan City, Samar. He said they were deployed 'immediately' after the issuance by Malacaang of Memorandum Circular 32 purportedly to address 'lawless violence' in the province. Memorandum Order 32 was issued on November 22. Carlos said in an interview that the SAF members would be deployed to 'specific areas' in Samar, once a guideline [is] drafted with their counterparts at the 8th Infantry Division, which is...

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