Gag order issued by Philippines armed forces on Then’s beheading


PETALING JAYA: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has issued a gag order on its ground units in southern Philippines from releasing any information on the beheading of Bernard Then.

According to the Philippine Star, the AFP general headquarters issued the urgent notice Tuesday night, several hours after the Abu Sayyaf terror group beheaded the 39-year-old Sarawakian engineer in Indanan town on Jolo Island.

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