Rodrigo Duterte
In the Philippines, a former senior police officer has accused the country’s President Rodrigo Duterte more than 200 extrajudicial killings. This reports the South China Morning Post.
According to Arturo Askanase, he was the death squad, which was led by Duterte, who was then the mayor of Davao city. On the direct orders of the current President were killed, for example, 11 Chinese suspected of drug trafficking, he said.
“Sometimes we are overwhelmed doubt. We discussed them in the circle of friends, but loyalty to mayor Rudy always won,” explained the former guardian of order.
Your statement Lascalas made during the open hearings in the Senate, which was unexpectedly interrupted after his statement about Duterte. Press Secretary of President Ernesto Abella called the former policeman “an unacceptable fabrication”.
29 Dec Philippine leader threatened to corrupt officials that will drop them from a helicopter. “I’ve done it before, so why not do it again?” he said. Later he denied these statements.
12 December Duterte during a public speech admitted that he personally participated in the killings of criminals. According to him, this was during the period when he was mayor of Davao city.