The commander of the Communist rebel army and his wife were captured in a police raid Monday while visiting an eye doctor at a well-endowed suburban Manila hospital, authorities said.

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Authorities said Romulo Kintanar commands the 18,000-member army of the outlawed Communist Party, which has been waging a 22-year insurgency.Kintanar and Gloria Jopson, who is believed to be party finance secretary, were arrested at the Makati Medical Center, said Cesar Nazareno, chief of national police.

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