The police yesterday was searching for two newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan chairpersons of Escalante City , Negros Occidental, who were reported “missing” by their parents on Nov. 28.

Reported missing were Lyn Lyn Diaz, and Jessrel Pinongan, both 17, and elected SK chairpersons of Brgys. Libertad and Binagyuhan, respectively, in Escalante City .

Norberto Diaz, 40, reported to the police on Thursday that his daughter, Lyn Lyn, a student of Northern Negros State College, was forcibly taken by an unidentified person from her boarding house in Brgy. Old Sagay, Sagay City.

PO1 Julie Ann Diaz, chief of the Sagay police Women and Children's Concerned Desk, yesterday said that Diaz had claimed that his daughter was taken on a motorcycle to an undisclosed place.

Chief Inspector Leonardo Angcon, Escalante police chief, said the parents of the two missing SK chairpersons have not reported the incidents to his police station.

Angcon, however, said he has already ordered his men to verify the incidents.

Escalante City Administrator Rolando Ponsica whose help was sought in looking for the two missing SK chairpersons, claimed that a certain Sergio Villador took Diaz from her boarding house in Sagay City on Wednesday.

Ponsica said it was done without the knowledge of Diaz's parents.

Initial investigations of the Sagay police showed that Diaz was able to send text messages to her two board mates that she was okay on Wednesday.

Ponsica, who accompanied the parents of Diaz, yesterday, failed to locate her at the house of Virgilio Manguilimotan in Bacolod City, where some Escalante SK leaders reportedly had gathered.

He also disclosed that Iron Manguilimotan, son of Escalante Councilor Rose Manguilimotan and her husband, Virgilio, is running for SK Federation chairperson of Escalante.

The election of SK Federation officials of Escalante is slated Dec. 6. The elected chairperson sits as a member of the City Council.

Ponsica said the parents of Pinongan also failed to locate their son as of last night.

Lawyer Rodolfo Parreño said they may file charges against those responsible.

“This is too much. This is not the way we should teach our children about governance,” Parreño said.*GPB

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