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Civilians Under Rebel Captivity Surrender to Authorities

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
NEWS
January 10, 2003
Posted to the web January 10, 2003
Cabinda
Hundreds of people that were under the captivity of the Angola's northern
Cabinda province separatist rebel group Flec/Flac, surrendered to local
Government authorities at the locality of Buco-Kango on Tuesday, Angop learned.
Speaking to Angop from the advanced command post of the Angolan Armed Forces
(FAA), in Cabinda, the source assured that the people in question have been
getting medical assistance from the local administration.
They have been receiving from the army first need goods and clothing.
The people are unanimous in acknowledging the difficult life they had while in
the area that was controlled by Flec/Fac, having revealed that they were forced
to live like "savages".
The people were thankful for the "warm and helpful" reception they had from the
Government authorities, particularly, by the army. They appealed to their
fellow citizens in the bush to come and join the national reconciliation policy
adopted by the government.
The people, said the source, have informed that they were forbidden to listen
to radio programmes that called for their surrender to the Government.
Nevertheless, the national army has been trying to sensitise the soldiers and
people under Flec/Fac control, to convince them to present themselves to the
legal authorities of the province.

   

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