Manila, May 31 (IANS) Suspected leftist rebels abducted six officials in Philippines, a military official said Saturday.
The kidnapping allegedly perpetrated by New People’s Army militants happened in Mindanao Friday, the official said.
The victims, sub-contractors of the department of environment and natural resources, were abducted by armed men when ther were conducting validation inspection of the town’s compliance for the national reforestation programme, Xinhua quoted the official as saying.