ZAMBOANGA CITY – A notorious Abu Sayyaf leader who surrendered to authorities in 2018 harassed and threatened voters on Election Day in the town of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province, reports said.
Several voters told radio station dxNO that Nurhassan Jamiri prevented them from voting and told other voters to go home. One voter said Jamiri also grabbed ballots in the polling precinct and shaded political candidates he was supporting.
The voter said soldiers and policemen in the area did not do anything to prevent Jamiri and his companions from harassing civilians. He said Jamiri was supporting a mayoral candidate in Tipo-Tipo, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf.
There was no immediate statement from the Commission on Elections and security officials on the allegations against Jamiri.
Jamiri was previously linked by the Philippine and Malaysian authorities to terror attacks and ransom kidnappings in Mindanao and in Sabah before he surrendered along with 13 other Abu Sayyaf fighters in Basilan.
He was also implicated in dozens of ransom kidnappings, including Australian international adventurer Warren Rodwell in 2011 in Ipil town in Zamboanga Sibugay province. (Mindanao Examiner)
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