Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs is back on the front-page news with the ongoing hearings in the Senate and the House of Representatives, bringing back memories of grief suffered by families of the victims. Duterte’s admission to senators of knowing the existence of death squads and encouraging police officers to kill drug suspects...
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Duterte admits setting up death squad in Davao City
In two stunning admissions he made before a Senate blue ribbon subcommittee on Monday, former President Rodrigo Duterte said he kept a death squad that was set up to “fight crime” when he was mayor of Davao City. Duterte said three former Davao police chiefs had led the so-called “Duterte Death Squad (DDS)” and that...