MANILA, Philippines — Drug lords and other criminals deserve to be set on fire, President Rodrigo Duterte told the public in his pre-recorded speech that was televised on Monday night.
In another speech months ago, Duterte had prescribed gasoline for sanitizing personal protective equipment used by health workers attending to COVID-19 patients.
On Monday, he again urged people to stick to precautions against the coronavirus.
“So stay home if it’s really possible… It’s for your own good. And the washing of the hands. Now these drug lords — along with kidnappers, drug pushers — bring them [to a place] with not too many people to avoid scandal,” he said, speaking partly in …
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