DRUG WAR
Rodrigo Duterte rages at corrupt police
The agreement is that they have to complete the remaining balance the following day, or on May 10, or else the family [of the victims] will be killed
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched another tirade against corrupt police who are the frontline troops in his deadly drug war, after four more officers were accused of kidnapping and extortion. The arrest of the four from Manila’s financial district of Makati was the latest in a series of scandals involving police officers that have raised concerns about their suitability to prosecute the drug war. "I was reading, coming here, another spot report of four policemen again [linked to] kidnapping. These policemen, sons of whores!" Duterte said at Manila airport before flying to Cambodia. The 160,000-member police force is the main enforcer of Duterte’s 10-month-old drugs crackdown that has claimed thousands of lives, and led to warnings he may be orchestrating a crime against humanity. Duterte admitted early in 2017 that the force was "corrupt to the core", after several anti-drug policeman were arrested on charges of kidnapping and murdering a South Korean businessman as part...
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