Until her last breath, CPP top leader Maria Malaya did not give up

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Until her last breath, CPP top leader Maria Malaya did not give up

By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Seventy-one year old Ka Maria Malaya, or Myrna Sularte, before she joined the revolutionary group New People’s Army, died in a gunfight with the elements of the 901st Infantry Brigade on February 12 in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City. The Philippine military claimed it sought for the surrender of Malaya but the latter chose to fight until the end. In a statement sent to the media, the Central Committee of the C…