THE New People's Army (NPA) "degenerated" into a group of bandits that has resorted to extortion, a military spokesman said on Saturday.

Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., the AFP spokesman, said the public should already be reminded about the "true nature" of the NPA by now, following attacks perpetrated by the communist rebels to some private and public infrastructures.

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