GOVERNMENT troops found a newly abandoned camp of the New People's Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of Misamis Occidental.
Captain Maria Rowena Muyuela, Western Mindanao Command information officer, said the camp was found around 8:40 a.m. Thursday in the village of Hoyohoy, Tangub, Misamis Occidental.
She said the troops from the Army's 55th Infantry Battalion and Intelligence Service Group under the Joint Task Force Zampelan (Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao) were conducting clearing operations when they found the camp.
According to reports, the NPA rebels abandoned the camp three days ago as they evaded the advancing government forces. It was the site of a 40-minute clash last April 6 between government forces and the communist rebels.
The troops recovered war materials and documents of high-intelligence value after the clash, Muyuela said.