ONE of the rebels killed in a recent encounter with military and police operatives was one of the members of the so-called Morong 43, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The Morong 43 refers to a group of health workers, which the military arrested on February 6, 2010 in Morong, Rizal on the grounds that they were members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) and were undergoing explosive training at the time of their arrest, an allegation the workers denied.

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