A COMMUNIST leader in Western Visayas was arrested by policemen in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr said yesterday.
Azurin named the suspect as Adora Faye de Veyra alias Boying, Ato, and Vida, who is secretary of the Central Front of the of the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army.
Azurin said De Veyra, who is also a staff officer of the General Command of the CPP-NPA, is the wife of CPP Central Committee member Jessie Lipura alias Bren.
De Veyra was nabbed by intelligence operatives of the Central Visayas Regional Police Office, in coordination with the National Capital Region Police Office and the Quezon City Police District, at around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Teacher’s Village East in Quezon City.