THE communist New People’s Army (NPA) is allegedly continuously employing minors as warriors in their armed struggle, according to a ranking official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Maj. Gen. Eduardo Ano, commander of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division. said this fact was established following the surrender of an 11-year-old child NPA warrior who uses the nom de guerre “Dodong.”

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