MANILA (Reuters) - A team of rights experts from the United Nations grilled leftwing members of the Philippine lower house on Tuesday over allegations they have direct links with communist rebel group, the New People's Army (NPA).
Manila has been battling the NPA since the late 1960s and the tit-for-tat conflict has come under the spotlight following a surge in murders of leftwing activists, many of whom were members of organisations the state views as fronts for the NPA.
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