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“Ousted Laguna Governor ER Ejercito announced on Monday a film about the 44 Special Action Forces (SAF) men who were killed in an encounter with forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, last month,” reports ABS-CBNnews.com.

The report noted: “Ejercito, who is also known by his screen name Jeorge Estregan, shared a poster of the movie titled, SAF, on his official Facebook page. The film, to be directed by Pedring Lopez, has the tagline ‘Para sa Diyos, Para sa Bayan, Para sa Tao.'”

Ejercito is the son of actor George Estregana and the nephew of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada (real name: Jose Marcelo Ejercito).
 

The encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Jan 25 left 44 members of the elite Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) dead. The PNP-SAF troopers had been out to capture Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias “Marwan” and Filipino bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman. Both men had bounties on their heads placed by the U.S. government: US$5 million for Marwan and US$1 million for Usman.

The operation turned bloody when members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said they had to fight back because the PNP-SAF had breached their territory. They alleged that they had not been informed about the operation to get Marwan and Usman. The hostile encounter lasted 11 hours. The MILF lost 18 of their fighters.

Both the government and the MILF are currently doing probes on the Mamsapano encounter to determine what went wrong, as the incident threatens the Bangsamoro peace deal.

Photo: Press release