MANILA, Philippines — Six senators are seeking an investigation on the series of “unlawful killings” of citizens—including the recent police shooting of a mother and her son in Tarlac—with the end goal of “breaking the culture of impunity,” especially among law enforcement agencies.
Senate Resolution No. 600—filed by Senators Sonny Angara, Joel Villanueva, Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Sherwin Gatchalian, and Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri—directs the appropriate committee in the upper chamber to conduct the said probe.
The resolution states that aside from breaking the culture of impunity, the probe also seeks to identify the gaps in law enforcement and attain justice for …
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