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Philippines' Duterte renews threat to kill drug dealers after big bust

Friday, 5 June 2020 10:50

TOTO LOZANO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO DIVISION / AFP

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed a threat to kill drug dealers after officers seized 756 kg of methamphetamines during a raid.

"If you destroy my country distributing 5.1 billion pesos worth of shabu ... I will kill you," Duterte asserted, without elaborating where the drugs came from.

He, however, claimed the Philippines had turned into a transhipment point for narcotics, with seized drugs valued at $102.22 million.

It comes after a UN report criticised Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign as "permission to kill" amid "near impunity" for top officials.

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