Ex-Philippines president Duterte: "I had a death squad" Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte stunned a senate hearing on Monday when he admitted having a "death squad" to help carry out his deadly war on drugs for over a decade during his tenure as mayor of Davao City.
Appearing before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for the first time, the 79-year-old confessed: "I had a death squad. This was a death squad but I didn't use the police. I used gangsters. One gangster, I would order him – 'Kill this person, because if you do not, I will kill you now.'"
The admission came five hours into a nine hour-long probe investigating allegations of extrajudicial killings during Duterte's presidency, particularly under the controversial "Operation Tokhang" anti-drug campaign. Police put the official death toll of the operation at just over 6,000 deaths but human rights advocates argue the actual number is more than four times higher.
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I'm beginning to think the human rights orgs might have been onto something.
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