MANILA, Philippines — The murder of a mother and her son by a law enforcer proves that “many members” of the country’s police force are “simply out of control,” an official of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday.
“The grim news today of a police officer in Tarlac, in the northern Philippines, shooting to death a mother and her son over a dispute about the use of holiday noisemaker is just the latest incident to drive home this reality: many members of the Philippine police are simply out of control,” said HRW Deputy Asia Director, Phil Robertson in a statement.
Contrary to Interior Secretary Eduardo Ao’s claim that the incident is an “isolated case,” HRW said that the killin…
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