MANILA, Philippines — Eight lawmakers in the House of Representatives are seeking an investigation on what they dubbed as Philippine National Police’s (PNP) “profiling” of lawyers defending red-tagged individuals.
House Resolution No. 1657 “strongly” urges the lower chamber, through the committee on human rights, to condemn and investigate the profiling of lawyers after a police officer in Calbayog City requested for the list of lawyers representing alleged “Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) personalities in Court.”
The resolution was filed by Bayan Muna Reps. Carlos Zarate, Eufemia Cullamat, and Ferdinand Gaite; Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman; Quezon City 6th District Rep. J…
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