Communists turn up heat on Philippine mining industry

摘要

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is threatening violence against mining companies and the government just weeks after reforms were announced that will bring extractive industries more closely under the president's control. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo announced on July 18 she would take direct control of the country's largest and most important state-run mining corporation, and that her brother-in-law would be appointed head of the House Committee on Natural Resources -two moves that triggered the CPP to issue what amounts to a call to arms against the government.