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PNP to be accompanied by human rights officers under new “Oplan Tokhang” operations

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The new operations of “Oplan Tokhang” now obliges members of the Philippine National Police to invite human rights representatives. Based on the new guidelines of Oplan Tokhang, there must be a human rights officer from the PNP or any human rights advocate when the police conducts their “tokhang” operations. There should also be a barangay official and members from the media when conducting any operations. PNP resumed its “tokhang” […]