About PO2 Chum Goc-Ong Agabon:
- >> Chum, who hails from Iligan City, was only 31 when he lost his life.
- >> There are many things Chum could have written in the work section of his Facebook profile: Police officer. SAF. Elite commando. Black beret. But instead, he wrote “Peacemaker.”
- >> Chum had been trying help keep peace in the country since 2009 when he joined the Philippine National Police. He received a Medal of Valor for his participation in the arrest of Abu Sayyaf member Yatim Batah (Yatin Hakimin).
- >> His name says it all. Chum—a buddy, a friend.
- >> Chum was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, which lost six other members in the bloody encounter. More than sixty of their members demanded for justice for the fallen commandos by staging a solidarity walk and lighting candles in Lucena City.
