Duterte's drug war plants drugs, pays killers

Duterte’s drug war plants drugs, pays killers

Thursday, April 20th, 2017

Two senior police officers in the Philippines say some Philippine police have received cash payments for executing drug suspects, planted evidence at crime scenes and carried out most of the killings in President Duterte’s drug war.

These same police blame “vigilantes” for the attacks which focus on killing the poor, the senior police officers say. Read more

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