MANILA, Philippines — The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) on Tuesday expressed its dismay at the 'hateful and gratuitous' labels that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) allegedly used on its members as it dismissed calls for a probe on the death of couple Benito and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon. The NUPL was referring to the statement of the NTF-ELCAC Legal Cooperation Cluster that the 'burden of proof lies on those who assert' and that 'the mere fact that 'these two CTG [communist terrorist group]-affiliated groups are calling for a probe' is 'a clear proof that they are lying and can't prove their perverted claim.

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