Filipinos called for accountability after the military admitted that there were “inconsistencies” with its now-deleted list red-tagging some formeron Sunday said that “thorough validation is being undertaken” by the team after it shared names of some UP alumni “who became NPA members,” either “dead” or “captured.”“Inconsistencies regarding the list of some of UP students who became NPA was brought to our attention.
In a separate post, the AFP Information Exchange also apologized and said that it is “already conducting an internal investigation as to how the list got published.”We want to assure the public that we are now reviewing our processes and procedures to ensure that similar incident will not happen again in the future,” it added.acknowledged the red-tag mistake and called it an “unpardonable gaffe” on the military’s part.to be alive, not captured and have not been linked to the communist rebels.
These include journalists, former government officials, lawyers, teachers and entertainment personalities, who all denied having supposed links to the NPA.was able to take a screenshot of the post before the military deleted it.expressed “grave concern” over the military’s move. He said that a “military database that is riddled with factual errors may unduly become the basis for overt and covert military action” against their students and alumni even “across four decades or more.
“It is unthinkable that despite the millions of taxpayers’ money poured into military intelligence, the AFP is making such baseless accusations, in the process violating the civil liberties and putting at risk the lives of responsible citizens who are actively contributing to nation-building in their chosen professions,” heSocial media users asked the military to be accountable and responsible for its actions following the latest red-tagging gaffe.
“Report AFP for posting fake information. They deserve to be banned from any social media networks!!!” a“WTF happened to verifying information before posting them? AFP needs to be banned from all social networks for spreading fake news. Citizens of the PH aren’t safe from your murderous institution anymore,” another
PhilstarNews so it is hard to gather intellegence...that is why up should cooperate with govt and help out. instead of opposing patriotic duty
PhilstarNews intelligence is never always perfect, if only the govt could do wire tapping, hacking, install malware onto gadgets of targets, mass surveilance, to improve their accuracy. but that is illegal, and morally wrong.
PhilstarNews And the nation calls for accountability after UP students are found committing terror, bearing guns in the boondocks.
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