President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government troops to “shoot and kill” armed members of the New People’s Army (NPA), saying they were just “bandits” without any ideology.

Duterte claimed that leaders of the communist rebel group have earned “billions” by extorting money from businesses, including “malls” in Manila.

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