Spy Who Led Soldiers to Rebel Chief Gets Reward
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo handed a $100,000 reward to a spy who led troops to Muslim rebel Abu Sabaya, believed killed in a gun battle last week.
Wearing a pair of old rubber shoes, dark glasses and a cap to partially hide his face, the unidentified man saluted Arroyo when she handed him the check in a ceremony at the presidential palace.
The man was a courier for the Abu Sayyaf rebels and a bodyguard for Abu Sabaya. Although the rebel leader’s body has not been found, feeding skepticism about his death, authorities said they were sure he had died.
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