MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte told human rights advocates Monday not to scare police officers in drug operations by filing cases against them and urged them instead to “take a closer look” at the drug situation in the country.
In his weekly briefing, Duterte pointed out that some police officers also died during drug operations.
“So I’m requesting human rights [advocates], kindly take a deeper look into the drug situation. You would notice that there are really persons who die almost daily because they really fought back and that’s not counting my police officers who were also hit and died,” Duterte said, speaking partly in Filipino.
“You can see what’s h…
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