The apparent Aug. 18 assassination by police of a 17-year-old student appears finally to have kicked off widespread objection to President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous drug war and its spate of extrajudicial killings.
The killing of Kian Delos Santos, who was dragged from his home, handed a gun and told to run as he screamed that he had a test in school the next day, has generated a Philippine Senate hearing into the affair and even chastened Duterte, who called for a full probe of the killing, vowing that heads will roll with those responsible ending up behind bars.
The Senate investigation saw the opposition outraged at remarks at another hearing by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, a Duterte fraternity brother and appointee, that media coverage of the death had been “blown out of proportion.”
Opposition lawmaker Risa Hontiveros, who took protective custody of witnesses including two minors with information about the killing, called Aguirre’s remarks repulsive. “How will they protect the witnesses if they themselves don’t believe in the case?” Hontiveros asked in a statement. Hontiveros also expressed scorn over previous remarks made by government lawyers that there have been no extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration. Full story...
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The killing of Kian Delos Santos, who was dragged from his home, handed a gun and told to run as he screamed that he had a test in school the next day, has generated a Philippine Senate hearing into the affair and even chastened Duterte, who called for a full probe of the killing, vowing that heads will roll with those responsible ending up behind bars.
The Senate investigation saw the opposition outraged at remarks at another hearing by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, a Duterte fraternity brother and appointee, that media coverage of the death had been “blown out of proportion.”
Opposition lawmaker Risa Hontiveros, who took protective custody of witnesses including two minors with information about the killing, called Aguirre’s remarks repulsive. “How will they protect the witnesses if they themselves don’t believe in the case?” Hontiveros asked in a statement. Hontiveros also expressed scorn over previous remarks made by government lawyers that there have been no extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration. Full story...
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