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A community-run pantry providing free food to the Philippine public amid the COVID-19 pandemic was forced to shut down Tuesday after its founder said she feared for her safety after being accused as a sympathizer of communist rebels.
Activist and artist Ana Patricia Non, 26, said she took the action after three police officers approached her and demanded her cellular phone number.
“We’ll temporarily shut down our operations for the safety of our volunteers. This is disheartening because we will be unable to distribute the goods that we prepared the whole day due to red-tagging,” Non said.
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