PNP cautions students against underground activities

March 28, 2018

The Philippine National Police (PNP) discourages students from going to insurgency-affected areas to join summer off-campus activities organized by groups that may have been infiltrated by front organizations of the terrorist CPP-NPA.

The PNP cautioned parents of students to be wary of extra-curricular activities not sanctioned or approved by school officials such as off-campus social immersion programs, teach-ins, symposia, and social field work.

The PNP raised this concern in the wake of reported sightings and even active participation of some university students in recent CPP-NPA activities including armed engagements with security forces.

Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, in a statement Wednesday, reminded students, parents and school authorities that the PNP is waging a summer offensive in areas of operation of remaining guerilla fronts of the CPP/NPA in the countryside.

“I advise these students to avoid compromising situations and possible conflict with the law while engaged in CPP/NPA activities,” Bulalacao said.

Bulalacao noted recent incidents of armed confrontation between security forces and CPP/NPA fighters resulted in the death or arrest of university students, whose parents never knew of their involvement with the underground movement. DMS