| Philippine communist rebel leader Jose Maria Sison, seen during an interview in the Dutch town of Utrecht in this August 2002 photo, was arrested by Dutch police Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in murders in the Philippines, prosecutors said in a statement. (AP photo) |
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch police arrested Philippine communist rebel leader Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday on suspicion of ordering the murder of two former allies in the Philippines, prosecutors said.
Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People's Army (NPA), was arrested in Utrecht, the central Dutch city where he has lived in exile for 20 years, they said. He was due to appear in a Hague court on Friday.
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