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‘Not All Activists Become NPA’: Sen. Francis Pangilinan expresses concern over the "simplistic, sweeping generalization" shown in some of the video materials which were presented during the hybrid hearing of the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation on the red-tagging/red-baiting of certain celebrities, personalities, institutions and organizations, Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Pangilinan said while it may be partly true that some student activists end up being killed because they become part of the New People’s Army (NPA), it is not true that all student activists become members of the NPA. “Senator Risa Hontiveros and myself, we were both student activists, we were both student leaders during the Marcos regime. We are both senators today. So, that simplistic, sweeping generalization, I feel, is presenting half-truths up to a certain extent,” Pangilinan said (Screen grab/ Senate PRIB)