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April 19, 2017

Reuters: Philippine Police Receive Cash Payments for Extrajudicial Killings
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Reuters is reporting the Philippine police are receiving cash rewards
for extrajudicially killing drug suspects, based on interviews with two
unnamed senior Philippine police officials. The officials also told
Reuters that a majority of the nearly 9,000 killings carried out since
President Duterte took office have been orchestrated by the Philippine
National Police. In late November, a Buzz Feed investigation revealed
the U.S. has continued to fund and provide equipment for the Philippine
National Police, despite the mounting death toll of Duterte's so-called
war on drugs.


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