FILE: NPA CHILD WARRIOR. Indigenous Peoples (IP) group leader Datu Awing Maraan Apuga shares how he became a New People’s Army (NPA) child warrior, during a conference in Queens, New York on Saturday (June 29, 2019). Apuga said he eventually became a medic of the NPA Platoon in Davao del Norte and a teacher of the Salugpungan school before returning to the folds of the law. (Photo by Mac Villarino/PCOO)