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Published March 17, 2021, 5:52 PM All is well that ends well. Top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) met on Tuesday, March 16, and discussed the controversy brought by letter of the intelligence chief of Calbayog City that asks the local court to provide the names of the lawyers representing communist rebels and their alleged supporters. (PNP-PIO) The letter, which went viral on social media last week, caused human rights groups and the legal community to express grave concern amid the series of killings of members of lawyers and other members of the judiciary. ....
UP law profs, 700 others urge SC to probe requests for lawyers of suspected communists Published March 17, 2021 7:48pm By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to investigate police requests for names of lawyers handling cases of suspected communists. Their appeal to the SC came after they found out through inquiries with other lawyers and court officials that aside from the Calbayog City Regional Trial Court similar requests have also been received by other judges. In a letter signed by UP Law dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II on Tuesday, the faculty members asked the high court to form a committee that will probe the circumstances behind the requests and the connection, if any, behind such attempts to profile and/or red-tag lawyers. ....
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Malacañang assured lawyers that they do not have to fear for their lives because the government did not tolerate the irregular action of an intelligence officer that sought the names of lawyers representing "communist-terrorist" groups. ....