MANILA, Philippines—The Senate committee on defense has advised the government’s security forces against publicly linking institutions or activist groups to the communist insurgency on the basis of unproven intelligence reports or information.
The committee made this and other recommendations in a report on Feb. 22 on its investigation of alleged Red-tagging of individuals and groups by the military.
“The security sector should exercise caution in making public pronouncements as these carry with it a semblance of authority from the State,” the 66-page report read.
“The authorities should refrain from publicly vilifying, labelling and imputing guilt by association to the commun…
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