<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> politics, law </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Status: Repealed </Td> </Tr> <P> Proclamation No 1081 was the proclamation of Martial Law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand E. Marcos . It was announced to the public on 23 September 1972, and was formally lifted on 17 January 1981 . </P> <P> Philippine Military Academy instructor Lt Victor Corpuz led New People's Army rebels in a raid on the PMA armory, capturing rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, a bazooka and thousands of rounds of ammunition in 1970 . In 1972, China, which was then actively supporting and arming communist insurgencies in Asia as part of Mao Zedong's People's War Doctrine, transported 1,200 M - 14 and AK - 47 rifles for the NPA to speed up NPA's campaign to defeat the government . Prior to the 1975, the Philippine government maintained a close relationship with the Kuomintang - ruled Chinese government which fled to Taiwan (Republic of China), despite the Chinese Communist Victory in 1949, and saw the People's Republic of China as a security threat due to its financial and military support of Communist rebels in the country . </P>

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