21.   The brigade is the assassination squad of the Manila-based break-away faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

22.   The case stems from a year-long investigation into assassination squads in KwaZulu-Natal province, where a decade of ANC-Inkatha fighting has left thousands dead.

23.   The government blamed Communist assassination squads.

24.   The investigation was spurred by a report last year from an independent judicial commission accusing South African police of training Inkatha assassination squads and of arming the party.

25.   The two allegedly helped the assassination squad enter France and leave Switzerland.

26.   Amid the security fears, a Philippine communist assassination squad denied a claim it plans to sabotage the summit.