Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

=====Warren Rodwell=====
[[File:Warren R Rodwell.jpg|thumb|right|Survivor Warren Rodwell (2010) prior to abduction by Abu Sayyaf]]
Warren Richard Rodwell, a former [[Australian Army]] soldier and university English teacher,<ref>{{Cite book |last=East |first=Bob |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897070716 |title=472 days captive of the Abu Sayyaf : the survival of Australian Warren Rodwell |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-7171-6 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |oclc=897070716}}</ref> was shot through the right hand when seized<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/asia/kidnapped-australian-is-freed-in-southern-philippines.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/asia/kidnapped-australian-is-freed-in-southern-philippines.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|work=The New York Times |first=Floyd | last=Whaley |title=Kidnapped Australian Is Freed in Southern Philippines|date=March 23, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from his home at Ipil, [[Zamboanga Sibugay]] on the island of [[Mindanao]] in the southern Philippines on December 5, 2011<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Belinda |date=2014-08-17 |title=Hostage survivor sheds light on 472-day ordeal |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/hostage-survivor-sheds-light-on-472-day-ordeal/5675142 |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref> by ASG militants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21908572|title=Abu Sayyaf release Australian hostage Warren Rodwell|work=BBC News|access-date=November 13, 2014|date=March 23, 2013}}</ref> Rodwell later had to have a finger amputated.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rodwell |first=Warren |date=October 11, 2014 |title=Warren Rodwell tells of how he survived as a hostage in the Philippines – News Corp Online |work=News.com.au Online |editor-last=Shorten |editor-first=Kristin |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/warren-rodwell-tells-of-how-he-survived-as-a-hostage-in-the-philippines/story-fncynjr2-1227086662367 |access-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118144106/http://www.news.com.au/national/warren-rodwell-tells-of-how-he-survived-as-a-hostage-in-the-philippines/story-fncynjr2-1227086662367 |archive-date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> ASG threatened to behead Rodwell<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/hours-from-being-beheaded-hostage-warren-rodwell-is-coming-home-to-australia/story-fncvk70o-1226604508704|title=Hours from being beheaded, hostage Warren Rodwell is coming home to Australia|work=The Daily Telegraph March 24, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> if their $US2&nbsp;million ransom demand was not met.<ref>[[Portal:Current events/2012 January 5]]</ref> Both the Australian and Philippine governments had strict policies against paying ransoms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alipala |first=Julie S. |date=March 24, 2013 |title=Abu Sayyaf bandits free Aussie for P7M |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/69947/abu-sayyaf-bandits-free-aussie-for-p7m/ |access-date=February 24, 2015 |work=Global Nation Inquirer March 24, 2013}}</ref> Australia formed a multi-agency task force to liaise with Rodwell's family and assist Philippine authorities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murdoch |first1=Lindsay |last2=Jacinto |first2=Al |title=Kidnappers send photos showing Rodwell still alive |work=Sydney Morning Herald January 3, 2012 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnappers-send-photos-showing-rodwell-still-alive-20120102-1pieg.html |access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> A news blackout was imposed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murdoch |first=Lindsay |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Kidnap blackout unwise: expert |work=Sydney Morning Herald December 12, 2011 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnap-blackout-unwise-expert-20111211-1oprq.html |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801140317/https://www.smh.com.au/national/kidnap-blackout-unwise-expert-20111211-1oprq.html |archive-date=1 August 2022}}</ref> Filipino politicians helped negotiate the release.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Murdoch |first1=Lindsay |last2=Jacinto |first2=Al |date=2013-03-22 |title=Kidnapped Australian Warren Rodwell freed by Philippines terrorists after 15 months |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/kidnapped-australian-warren-rodwell-freed-by-philippines-terrorists-after-15-months-20130323-2gm30.html |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209140434/https://www.smh.com.au/world/kidnapped-australian-warren-rodwell-freed-by-philippines-terrorists-after-15-months-20130323-2gm30.html |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> After the payment of $AUD94,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/former-philippines-terrorist-hostage-warren-rodwells-family-joy/story-fncynjr2-1226605491248|title=Freed hostage Warren Rodwell says he is overwhelmed and grateful for support|work=NewsComAu|access-date=July 18, 2015|date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816200319/http://www.news.com.au/national/former-philippines-terrorist-hostage-warren-rodwells-family-joy/story-fncynjr2-1226605491248}}</ref> for "board and lodging" expenses<ref name=":3" /> by his siblings, Rodwell was released on March 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/472-days-in-captivity/x2mfhai?cpkey=d977c3f7-ec0b-4b03-a871-c20bd9b36189%257c%257c%257c%257c|title=Video – msn Australia, with Outlook.com, Skype, and news|publisher=MSN|access-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115726/http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/472-days-in-captivity/x2mfhai?cpkey=d977c3f7-ec0b-4b03-a871-c20bd9b36189%257c%257c%257c%257c|archive-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref>

======Arrests and killings======
On June 16, 2014, suspects Jimmy Nurilla (alias Doc) and Bakrin Haris were arrested. Both reportedly worked under Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf leader Khair Mundos and Furuji Indama.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jocson |first=Liza |date=June 18, 2014 |title=2 suspected Abu Sayyaf men believed to belong to bandits' notorious faction |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/612248/2-suspected-abu-sayyaf-men-believed-to-belong-to-bandits-notorious-faction |access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref> Authorities believed Nurilla and Haris took part in the Rodwell kidnapping, as well as the separate abduction of US citizen Gerfa Yeatts Lunsman and her son Kevin in 2012. In January 2015, ''[[Mindanao Examiner]]'' newspaper reported the arrest of Barahama Ali<ref name="smh.com.au">{{Cite web |last1=Jacinto |first1=Al |last2=Murdoch |first2=Lindsay |date=2011-12-15 |title=Officials seek negotiator for talks with kidnappers |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/officials-seek-negotiator-for-talks-with-kidnappers-20111215-1owyq.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> kidnap gang sub-leaders linked to the kidnapping of Rodwell, who was seized by at least 5 gunmen (disguised as policemen), and eventually handed over or sold by the kidnappers to the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20150116224746|title=Mindanao Examiner – Warren Rodwell kidnapper arrested in Zamboanga province|access-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119165413/http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20150116224746|archive-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2015, ex-[[Philippine National Police]] (PNP) officer Jun A. Malban, alias Michael Zoo,<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=August 21, 2016 |title=Kidnap leader arrested in Zamboanga Sibugay |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/kidnap-leader-arrested-in-zamboanga-sibugay/281241/ |access-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120065738/http://www.manilatimes.net/kidnap-leader-arrested-in-zamboanga-sibugay/281241/ |archive-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> was arrested in [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Malaysia]], for the crime of "Kidnapping for Ransom" after Rodwell identified him as the negotiator/spokesperson. Further PNP investigation revealed that Malban is the cousin of Abu Sayyaf leaders Khair and Borhan Mundos (both of whom were arrested in 2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/04/17/15/nbi-files-charges-vs-abu-bandits-gensan-bombing|title=Media Release: NBI files charges vs Abu bandits for Gensan bombing|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=April 17, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> The director of the Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) stated that Malban's arrest resulted from close co-ordination by the PNP, [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)]] and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission with the Malaysian counterparts and through [[Interpol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pnp.gov.ph/portal/index.php/press-news-releases/more-media-news/39-national-headquarters/2615-ex-cop-arrested-in-malaysia-for-kidnapping-of-australian-national|title=Media Release: EX-COP ARRESTED IN MALAYSIA FOR KIDNAPPING OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL|publisher=PNP-AKG Press Release|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713201705/http://pnp.gov.ph/portal/index.php/press-news-releases/more-media-news/39-national-headquarters/2615-ex-cop-arrested-in-malaysia-for-kidnapping-of-australian-national|archive-date=July 13, 2015}}</ref> In January 2018, Rodwell attended a court hearing for Malban and others in [[Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay]], pursuant to a Supreme Court petition to transfer his case for security reasons to a court in either [[Manila]] or [[Zamboanga City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/961363/australian-kidnap-victim-seeks-case-transfer|title=Australian kidnap victim seeks case transfer|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref>

In August 2015, Edeliza Sumbahon Ulep,<ref>{{cite web |last=Abastillas |first=Allen |date=August 14, 2015 |title=Suspect in 2012 Aussie kidnapping in Ipil nabbed |url=http://www.zamboangatimes.ph/top-news/15773-suspect-in-2012-aussie-kidnapping-in-ipil-nabbed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903183346/http://www.zamboangatimes.ph/top-news/15773-suspect-in-2012-aussie-kidnapping-in-ipil-nabbed.html |archive-date=3 September 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2015 |newspaper=Zamboanga Times}}</ref> alias Gina Perez, was arrested at [[Trento, Agusan del Sur]] during a joint manhunt operation by police and military units. Ulep was tagged as the ransom courier in the kidnapping.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/13/abu-sayyafs-ransom-courier-falls-424436|title=Abu Sayyafs' ransom courier falls|publisher=Sun Star Zamboanga|date=August 13, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-date=August 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815213238/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/13/abu-sayyafs-ransom-courier-falls-424436|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2016, ''[[The Manila Times]]'' reported the arrest of the kidnap-for-ransom group of Barahama Alih sub-leader, Hasim Calon alias Husien (also a notorious drug dealer), in his hideout in Tenan village in Ipil town. Hasim Calon was involved in Rodwell's abduction. Earlier in 2016, police forces killed Waning Abdulsalam, a former MILF leader, in the village of Singkilon. Abdulsalam was one of the most wanted criminals in the southern Philippines and connected to ASG. He was linked to the kidnappings of Rodwell in 2011, Irish missionary Michael Sinnott in 2009 in Pagadian City, and Italian Catholic priest Giancarlo Bossi in Zamboanga del Sur's Payao town in 2007.<ref name=":4" /> In March 2019, combined security forces of the 44th Infantry Battalion, Philippine National Police, Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency, National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Coast Guard arrested five members (Benhazer Anduhol, Solaiman Calonof, Nicanel Maningo, Jay-ar Abba Quartocruz and Hashim Lucas Samdani) of Barahama Alih criminal gang during drug operations with warrants in Barangay Tenan of Ipil town, Zamboanga Sibugay. Military sources allege Barahama Alih Group was responsible for a number of kidnapping incidents in previous years including the abduction of Australian national Warren Rodwell, Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, and some local Filipinos.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=March 14, 2019 |title=5 members of notorious crime group nabbed in Zamboanga Sibugay |newspaper=PhilStar Global |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/03/14/1901465/5-members-notorious-crime-group-nabbed-zamboanga-sibugay |access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>

In February 2018, Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Nurhassan Jamiri was reported by Malaysia regional intelligence sources as one of three gunmen killed in a gunfight with police in [[Sabah]]. Jamiri was atop the Philippines' most wanted list and implicated in dozens of ransom kidnappings including Rodwell.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/abu-sayyaf-leader-shot-dead-in-sabah-report|title=Abu Sayyaf leader shot dead in Sabah: Report|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://mindanaoexaminer.com/notorious-sayyaf-leader-who-escaped-basilan-is-slain-in-sabah-clash/|title=Notorious Sayyaf leader who escaped Basilan is slain in Sabah clash|publisher=Mindanao Examiner|date=March 1, 2018|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613160450/https://mindanaoexaminer.com/notorious-sayyaf-leader-who-escaped-basilan-is-slain-in-sabah-clash/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2018, Jamiri turned up alive when he and thirteen followers surrendered to authorities in Basilan. Over the preceding two years, many Abu Sayyaf bandits had surrendered to authorities in Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. More were expected to yield because of the regional government's Program Against Violence and Extremism (PAVE), designed to provide opportunities and interventions, including psychosocial sessions, medical check-ups, introduction to farming systems, and expository tours outside the island provinces to facilitate the reintegration of former combatants into society.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=March 29, 2018 |title='Killed' Sayyaf leader surrenders in Basilan |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/killed-sayyaf-leader-surrenders-in-basilan/389139// |access-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414092133/http://www.manilatimes.net/killed-sayyaf-leader-surrenders-in-basilan/389139/ |archive-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, Rodwell lauded the surrenders and reintegration program, but said he would not interfere with the legal processing of any charges already filed against anyone involved with his own kidnapping.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alipala |first=Julie |date=April 4, 2018 |title=Talk to Abu Sayyaf, Australian kidnap victim urges gov't |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/979893/talk-to-abu-sayyaf-australian-kidnap-victim-urges-govt |access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

In June 2020, ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer|Inquirer]]'' newspaper reported the killing of Mamay Aburi by government troops in [[Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay]] after authorities attended to serve a warrant of arrest. Aburi was allegedly a subleader of a kidnap-for-ransom group and had been linked with the Abu Sayyaf Group based in Sulu. The provincial director of the [[Criminal Investigation and Detection Group]] (CIDG) said Aburi was involved in the 2011 kidnapping of Australian national Warren Rodwell and the 2019 abduction of the Hyrons couple in [[Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur]].<ref name="smh.com.au"/> In February 2021, ''The Manila Times'' reported that Abu Sayyaf subleader Arrasid Halissam was shot dead when he opened fire on police serving a warrant on him in the village of Santa Maria, Zamboanga City. Halissam was linked to numerous kidnappings such as Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell, Americans Gerfa Lunsmann and son Kevin, Chinese Yuan Lin Kai and Jian Luo, South Korean Nwi Seong Hong, and almost a dozen Filipinos. Halissam was also allegedly involved in the 2015 bombing in Zamboanga that killed two people and injured over fifty others.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacinto |first=Al |date=February 3, 2021 |title=Abu Sayyaf subleader killed in Zamboanga clash |newspaper=The Manila Times |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/03/news/regions/abu-sayyaf-subleader-killed-in-zamboanga-clash/836237/ |access-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207133151/https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/03/news/regions/abu-sayyaf-subleader-killed-in-zamboanga-clash/836237/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>