National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya says the two activists were not 'abducted' and that they decided to leave the communist movement

Police Captain Carlito Buco, chief public information officer of the provincial police office of Bataan, said the two women “voluntarily surrendered” last Tuesday, September 12, to the 70th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.

“They’re safe and sound. The parents have access to them anytime. The CHR [Commission on Human Rights] will come out with their own statement,” Malaya said in a mix of Filipino and English.