By Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos and Elena L. Aben The Philippine National Police (PNP) may have the full support of President Rodrigo Duterte and even National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Dante Gierran in the government’s all-out war against illegal drugs but they also got this warning from the President: Engage in illicit drug trade and you will face “serious consequences.” Gierran defended the police from the spate of killings and alleged human rights violations by saying that they are “simply asserting their authority.” “I believe in the police, and sabi nila maraming napatay o may napatay dahil nanlaban (I believe in the police, and they say many have been killed or there were killings because the suspects fight back),” he said. Gierran said no right person in his right mind would kill somebody for just nothing. “The police surely – or the NBI for that matter – would not [...]
