The Standard - 2016 July 4 - Monday

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VOL. XXX NO. 142 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 MONDAY : JULY 4, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

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NPA: WE’LL NAB OR KILL PUSHERS Rebels to support Duterte anti-drug campaign

By Florante S. Solmerin

LEADERS of the Communist Party of the Philippines have ordered the New People’s Army to arrest and even kill drug traffickers if they resist, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against drug trafficking.

Police Investigators look on the two of the five bodies of suspected drug dealers who exchanged fire with Station 3 police in Arlegui, Quiapo Manila on Sunday July 3. DANNY PATA

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“While the CPP does not accept his reference to the duly constituted people’s courts as ‘kangaroo courts’ and reiterating the right to due process of criminal suspects, the CPP and the revolutionary forces accept President Duterte’s offer of antidrug cooperation,” the CPP said in a statement. At rites to mark the turnover of command at the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Duterte sought the cooperation of the communist rebels in the government’s fight against drug trafficking. “Well, the NPA are listening. What if you try them in your courts?” Duterte said in Filipino. “I don’t know if they are kangaroo courts or otherwise but why not just kill them so that we can find a faster solution to our problem? If you encounter them and they are committing a crime in your presence out in the jungle, just go ahead and finish them.” The CPP said they will intensify its war against illegal drugs. “The NPA is ready to give battle to those who will resist arrest with armed violence,” the CPP said. The communists said the NPA has long sought “to disarm and arrest the most notorious criminals including the biggest drug traffickers, in order for them to be subjected to prosecution and just punishment.” Next page

China to stage sea exercises ahead of ruling CHINA will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese officials said Sunday, ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims in the resource-rich area. The drills will be held in waters around the Paracel Islands from July 5 to 11, with other ships prohibited from entering the waters during that time, a

short statement by the maritime safety administration said. The military exercises come as an international tribunal in The Hague prepares to rule on a case brought by the Philippines challenging China’s claims in the strategic waterway. Manila lodged the suit against Beijing in early 2013, saying that after 17 years of negotiations it had exhausted

all political and diplomatic avenues to settle the dispute. Beijing, which asserts sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbors, insists that the Permanent Court of Arbitration has no jurisdiction over the issue and has boycotted the proceedings. Next page


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