SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: A young member of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to Army troops of the Joint Task Force ZamPeLan in Zamboanga del Sur recently.

Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) spokesman, said Jonar Alamba Proto, 19 and a regular member of the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda–KARA of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee, surrendered to Lt. Col. Virgilio Hamos, commanding officer of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, at the headquarters of the 53rd IB in Camp Sabido, Zamboanga del Sur.