Philippines to suspend drug war to clean up 'corrupt' police

[Col. Buggernuts]

[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38793008[/url]

[quote]Philippine police are suspending their controversial war on drugs until after the "corrupt" police force has been "cleansed".
Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa said on Monday that anti-drug units would be dissolved.
It comes after the [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38686990]murder of a South Korean businessman[/url]inside police headquarters. He had been kidnapped and killed by anti-drug police.

More than 7,000 people have been killed since the crackdown on drugs began.
The death toll and President Rodrigo Duterte's hardline stance against drugs have attracted intense criticism from human rights groups and Western countries, although the president continues to enjoy a high level of support among Filipinos.
Speaking on Monday, Mr Dela Rosa said Mr Duterte "told us to clean the organisation first".
"We will cleanse our ranks... then maybe after that, we can resume our war on drugs." [/quote]

[BlackMageMari]

7,000 people, Jesus.

[Lollipoopdeck]

imagine having such little compassion for another human being that you'd rather waste a bullet than spend time helping someone who is clearly so unhappy with their lives that they'd rather spend it high on drugs as often as possible.

Humans blow ass

[DoctorSalt]

Seems pretty clear to me that the drug-war is a pretense so they can exert power how they want (considering how Duterte has a fentanyl problem). To say they could have rehabilitated people is a great solution to a problem they aren't considering.

[Mud]

the drug war was just a show of force, he doesn't care about you doing drugs, he cares about you knowing he's in charge.

[Elowin]

lol of course he stops it after a businessman was killed because of it

:ok:

[hypno-toad]

[QUOTE=mchapra;51749879]the drug war was just a show of force, he doesn't care about you doing drugs, he cares about you knowing he's in charge.[/QUOTE]

I think he does care tbh, but the hard-line drug stance is basically a pretense to engage in the grander scheme of social cleansing. Basically a way to rile people up and start murdering "undesirables."

[Omali]

And the citizen vigilantes? How do you put them on hold?

[Hilton]

Can someone put a source to actual vigilantes killing people there? Or killing recreational users?

[ayay]

Hey at least hes getting things done right?? /s