MANILA, April 10 -- The social media page reportedly recruiting soldiers and persons with military backgrounds allegedly run by China has already been shut down, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Wednesday.

"Apparently, yun pong site na ito is (this site has) already (been) taken down as of this moment, wala na po siya (it's now gone)," AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said in a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing.

No other details were provided on how the page was taken down.

She added that the AFP started looking into the matter a few days ago to check the veracity of reports claiming that active and retired military personnel have applied to work as part-time analysts for the social media page.

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