The suspect, Charlie Azabe, a member of military`s militia, admitted that he was the one who seized recently a 14-year old victim in the southern city of Butuan, city councilor Ryan Anthony Culima said.
Culima said Azabe confessed he barged into the home of the victim surnamed De Asis at a subdivision in Libertad village, Butuan City in Mindanao`s Agusan del Norte province.
The assailant demanded 20,000 pesos (465 U.S. dollars), but the mother refused, prompting him to seize the victim, brought her to the Chinese cemetery in nearby Bancasi village.
Xinhua-OANA/C003
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