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Probe contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that imprisoned mayor linked to illegal drugs died in a gun battle.
![Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2016/12/6/f9d102363db543b185e33350e087bfa7_18.jpg)
Philippine police killed a town mayor linked to illegal drugs while he was helpless in a prison cell, justice department investigators alleged.
The National Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that it filed murder complaints against two dozen police officers and personnel last week after a probe showed they shot dead Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his cellmate Raul Yap in the central province of Leyte in November. Tiếp tục đọc “Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor”