![Relatives of the police officials who were captured by the New People's Army as its prisoners-of-war appealed for their immediate release in a press conference on Thursday, August 18 at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound. From left: Charlene Ongachen, wife of Governor Generoso Municipal Police Station Police Chief Inspector Arnold Ongachen; Agustina Ongachen, mother of the police officer; and Jenelyn Grande, wife of Police Officer 1 Michael Grande. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)](http://davaotoday.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/POW-RELATIVES_AUG-18-2016.jpg)
Relatives of the police officials who were captured by the New People’s Army as its prisoners-of-war appealed for their immediate release in a press conference on Thursday, August 18 at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound. From left: Charlene Ongachen, wife of Governor Generoso Municipal Police Station Police Chief Inspector Arnold Ongachen; Agustina Ongachen, mother of the police officer; and Jenelyn Grande, wife of Police Officer 1 Michael Grande. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)