00:00Thanks, Kim. Meanwhile, in the Senate, the Communist Party of the Philippines recruited a few students as UP Diliman.
00:10A congressman was also included in the recruitment. Jonathan Andad was present.
00:17In the Senate, Sabellano's wife was called to find their missing son, Yvonne, 22 years old, a student of UP Los Banos, who was brought to Cavite to be a member of the NPA or the New People's Army.
00:47According to the PNP, almost 200 students have been recruited by the CPP-NPA since 2014 until now.
00:54The police also targeted a few schools with the most students who were recruited by the CPP-NPA, including a few state universities such as the University of the Philippines and a few high schools.
01:06A former member of the CPP and an alumnus of UP faced the same situation.
01:12In UP Diliman, there was a recruitment for the CPP-NPA through the accredited student organizations of the university.
01:22The Communist Party of the Philippines ordered me to run for student council so that I could recruit the next freshmen.
01:29We collected support from students that we will send to the NPAs. And that's happening inside the universities.
01:38Raul Manuel was also included in the recruitment.
01:44In 2017, we recruited him as a student regent and I as an ally of UP Diliman.
01:51While he was a student regent, he recruited students to be NPAs?
01:56Yes, sir. That's his tasking as a member of the Communist Party.
02:00Manuel denied this.
02:02It's not true that we are recruiting for those organizations. If there are people joining there, it's their individual choice.
02:10If we are recruiting, we are really recruiting for the youth party list, for us to be volunteers, interns and members.
02:18According to the head of UP, they don't know that there is recruitment inside their campus.
02:23We will have to do a review of our current guidelines on student accreditation and the way they conduct their activities.
02:33In a statement, UP Diliman University Student Council condemned the malicious red-tagging of students and organizations in their universities.
02:42Their challenge to the UP administration is to protect the academic freedom and right to organize of students.
02:49For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, for 24 Hours.
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