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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B9KZGJ0x9D8" width="420"></iframe></figure>MANILA - The head of the Mayor&#x27;s Anti-Crime Group (MACG) in Tanauan, Batangas assailed Tuesday an intelligence report tagging him as the leader of a gun-for-hire group involved in the narcotics trade.Speaking to radio DZMM, Tanauan MACG head Allan Fajardo said police Colonel Jack Malinaw, whom he previously sued, fed the Batangas police false information to get back at him.Fajardo said only the Batangas police had accused him of wrongdoing and he had no criminal record with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and other law enforcement agencies.Fajardo, who is also a businessman, added that he has no clue why the Batangas police&#x27;s &quot;order of battle&quot; would list his alleged &quot;Fajardo Group&quot; as the top criminal syndicate in the province.&quot;Imbes na ipakita po nila sa amin, itinatago po nila. Hindi po ba iyung iba ang ginagawa nila, Oplan Tokhang? Dito po, hindi. Parang itinatago po nila at plano nilang bigla na lang kaming bulagain,&quot; he said.[Instead of showing us the report, they tried to hide it. Don&#x27;t the police of other areas conduct Oplan Tokhang operations against suspected criminals? They don&#x27;t do that here. They tried to hide it and surprise us.]Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili defended Fajardo on Monday, saying his aide would not engage in drug trafficking because his own brother was a victim of narcotics.Halili also denied that the MACG is his private army.Halili created the MACG, a group of about 70 civilians employed by the government, during his first term as mayor, to augment the police force in curbing crime in his turf. He handpicked Fajardo to lead the group in 2013.Fajardo’s older brother, Rolando, was the alleged leader of a kidnap-for-ransom gang tagged in the 1986 abduction of Japanese executive Noboyuki Wakaoji. His other brother, Polmark, is the village chief of Suplang in Tanauan.The MACG has gained media attention for arresting suspected criminals and parading them in the streets of Tanauan.On May 23, the city government forced 11 drug suspects to walk under arches that read &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/regions/05/23/16/mga-suspek-sa-droga-ipininarada-sa-flores-de-pusher">Flores de Pusher</a>&quot;, a play on the annual Flores de Mayo celebration. Seven more suspects were paraded the next month in the &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/regions/06/19/16/panoorin-june-bride-and-groom-walk-of-shame-sa-batangas">June Bride and Groom</a>&quot; walk of shame.

The head of the Mayor's Anti-Crime Group (MACG) in Tanauan, Batangas assailed Tuesday an intelligence report tagging him as the leader of a gun-for-hire group involved in the narcotics trade.

The head of the Mayor's Anti-Crime Group (MACG) in Tanauan, Batangas assailed Tuesday an intelligence report tagging him as the leader of a gun-for-hire group involved in the narcotics trade.