NPA RECRUITER. The body of Chad Booc when it was recovered after an encounter with troops of the 1001st Infantry Brigade in New Bataan, Davao de Oro on Feb. 24, 2022. Booc's former student Rurelyn Bay-ao said Booc was not just a teacher, but a New People's Army leader and recruiter. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) MANILA - Chad Booc is a New People's Army (NPA) leader and recruiter who is responsible for luring children to become warriors, his former student told the media on Monday. During Monday's edition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) virtual press briefing, Rurelyn Bay-ao, a former student of Booc in Salungpungan and Bakwit schools, divulged that contrary to what left-leaning groups have claimed, Booc is not just a teacher but a leader in the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Bay-ao, who is also a member of an indigenous people (IP) tribe in Talaingod, Davao, said she was taught by