A police-military group that had been going around schools and lecturing students about the so-called communist threat has changed tack and removed all materials that outrightly identified Baguio activist organizations as recruiters for the NPA.
The change in the group’s approach was in response to the sentiments expressed during the April 19 public consultation on the city’s proposed “human rights defenders ordinance ,” which was sponsored by lawyers Peter Fianza, Jose Molinas and Fred Bagbagen, and by former journalist Arthur Allad-iw.
This practice has been criticized by human rights groups for endangering the lives of those who have been baselessly labeled as either members or supporters of rebel or terrorist groups.Magalong said he was falsely linked to communist rebels in their bid to overthrow former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2006.
Magalong, who had served as deputy chief for operations of the Philippine National Police, said that Red-tagging had no place in Baguio City and that the summer capital was a safe haven for legitimate activism. Magalong reiterated his stand during the council inquiry into reports it received of “heightened surveillance, harassment and intimidation” on April 17 of students from the University of the Philippines Baguio.
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