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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Task Force Crusaders (TFC) has never been affiliated with the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).
The OSG made this clarification in response to a query from Task Force Kasanag national commander John Chiong.
Chiong himself was a former deputy national commander of the TFC.
“OSG is not affiliated, associated or in any way officially connected to TFC or any of its subsidiaries,” the OSG letter dated June 20 read.
Chiong wrote to verify the claim of TFC national commander Romeo Maganto that the task force was sanctioned by the OSG — almost a year since it was formed.
Upon learning about the TFC’s supposed non-affiliation with the OSG, and upon the advice of the National Bureau of Investigation, Chiong quit the task force.
The TFC was allegedly involved in illegal activities.
Four members of the TFC were arrested for alleged involvement in illegal drugs and 12 others for alleged illegal possession of firearms in Guimaras, Chiong said.
Chiong also received reports that several TFC members were engaged in extortion and illegal gambling./PN
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