Philippine fishermen have revealed that they have been dumping bodies of drug suspects, killed as part of the country's so-called war on drugs, on the orders of the police.
The bodies, called "trash" by authorities, have been thrown on the sides of highways and in Manila Bay over the past year.
"Police are the ones coming to my house ordering me to take out trash," said Manuel, a local fisherman who has personally disposed off 20 bodies.
"We usually throw them out in Manila Bay," he told Al Jazeera. "Sometimes we put weights on it, so it doesn't float up." Full story...
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The bodies, called "trash" by authorities, have been thrown on the sides of highways and in Manila Bay over the past year.
"Police are the ones coming to my house ordering me to take out trash," said Manuel, a local fisherman who has personally disposed off 20 bodies.
"We usually throw them out in Manila Bay," he told Al Jazeera. "Sometimes we put weights on it, so it doesn't float up." Full story...
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