A doctor being linked to the Maute terrorist group and accused of supporting a foiled terror plot in New York is now facing criminal cases for the abduction and beheading of sawmill workers in 2016. Dr. Russel Langi Salic and 53 others have been charged before the Regional Trial Court Branch 11 of Malabang, Lanao del Sur. ADVERTISEMENTThe case stemmed from the abduction of sawmill workers Gabriel Permitis, Alfredo Cano-os, Adonis Mendez, Julito Janubas, Jaymart Capangpangan and Salvador Janubas on April 4, 2016, in Butig, Lanao del Sur. They said they had no reason or ill motive to implicate Salic in their abduction since they did not know him personally. The DOJ resolution is signed by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong, recommended for approval by OIC-Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Amor L. Robles and approved by acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 30, 2018 05:50 UTC