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U.S. withholds aid to Philippines after Duterte boasts of looking for people to kill

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Japan Times

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives for a meeting Wednesday in Phnom Penh. The U.S. said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation’s leader that he used to drive around looking for criminals to kill. | AP

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Washington – The United States said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation’s leader that he used to drive around looking for criminals to kill.

It was the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Philippine relations since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown on illegal drugs has led to thousands of deaths in police gunbattles. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. withholds aid to Philippines after Duterte boasts of looking for people to kill” →

‘I Cannot Lie,’ Rodrigo Duterte Says, Confirming He Did Kill People as Mayor

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By RUSSELL GOLDMANDEC. 16, 2016

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Friday in Singapore. Officials loyal to Mr. Duterte have tried to soften his boasts of having killed people, saying he has a tendency to exaggerate. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines confirmed on Friday that he had personally pulled the trigger and killed three people as mayor of Davao City, doubling down on boastful comments he made this week, which loyalists had tried to deny.

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Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic

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Reuters Dec 13, 2016 Japan Times

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president’s campaign against drugs. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic” →

Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people

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People gather around the body of a woman still clutching a child’s school bag after she was shot in an apparent drug-related killing while walking with her two children to school in a poor neighborhood in Manila on Dec. 8. | AP

AFP-JIJI Japan Times Dec 14, 2016

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police.

Duterte made the comments in a speech to businessmen on Monday night as he discussed his campaign to eradicate illegal drugs, in which police and unknown assailants have killed thousands of people since he became president on June 30. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people” →

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

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New York Times

Photographs and Text by DANIEL BEREHULAK DEC. 7, 2016

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

YOU HEAR A MURDER SCENE before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars. The thud, thud, thud of the rain drumming on the pavement of a Manila alleyway — and on the back of Romeo Torres Fontanilla.

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Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor

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ALJAZEERA

Probe contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that imprisoned mayor linked to illegal drugs died in a gun battle.

Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]
Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]

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” →

Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat

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ELJAZEERA

Philippines president blasts calls for his trial at the international criminal court over bloody crackdown on drugs.

An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]
An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called “bulls***” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug dealers.

In a speech on Monday, Duterte, who has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings in his anti-narcotics campaign since taking office in June, scolded the US government for what he called hypocritical threats to try him in the Hague-based tribunal, to which Washington is not a signatory. Tiếp tục đọc “Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat” →