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Philippines to disband police anti-drugs units after killing of South Korean businessman
Updated about 2 hours ago
The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessman by rogue
officers, but President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term.
Key points:
* Police will dissolve all anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessman
* A $133,000 dead-or-alive bounty will be placed on those accused of killing Jee Ick-joo
* Mr Duterte says international criticism will not stop his drugs crackdown
Mr Duterte said he was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping,
leading to the death by strangulation of Jee Ick-joo, on the grounds of the national police headquarters ..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-26/philippine-presidents-drug-crackdown-faces-court-challenge/8215754 .
Read on .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-30/philippines-to-disband-police-anti-drugs-units/8222016
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SWS: 78% of Filipinos fear becoming victims of EJK
By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated 16:16 PM PHT Mon, December 19, 2016
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos fear they or someone they know will get killed in extrajudicial killings, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reported.
In a survey released on Monday, SWS divided respondents into those who are "very worried" (45 percent) and those who are "somewhat worried" (38 percent) they will fall victim to the spate of killings happening amid the administration's war against drugs.
The remaining 10 percent were "not too worried" about the extra judicial killings, while 12 percent were "not worried at all."
Drug suspects should be kept alive
Most Filipinos also agreed that it was important to keep drug suspects alive.
According to the survey, 94 percent of Filipinos agreed it was "very" or "somewhat important" that drug suspects weren't killed indiscriminately during operations.
Only 1 percent said that keeping suspects alive was "not important at all."
Filipinos still highly satisfied with drug war
Despite this, the survey showed that an overwhelming number of Filipinos remain highly satisfied with the administration's campaign against drugs.
In the same survey, Filipinos reported they were 85 percent satisfied with the ongoing operations to curb drugs-- a percentage point up from survey results in September.
Filipinos also agreed that since President Rodrigo Duterte took office, the incidence of drug problems in their areas has decreased.
The fourth quarter report surveyed 1,500 participants nationwide through face-to-face interviews. It has sampling error margins of ±3 points.
The survey results come amid worries over the high body count seemingly resulting from Duterte's war on drugs.
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/12/19/sws-78-percent-fear-EJK.html
Updated about 2 hours ago
The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessman by rogue
officers, but President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term.
Key points:
* Police will dissolve all anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessman
* A $133,000 dead-or-alive bounty will be placed on those accused of killing Jee Ick-joo
* Mr Duterte says international criticism will not stop his drugs crackdown
Mr Duterte said he was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping,
leading to the death by strangulation of Jee Ick-joo, on the grounds of the national police headquarters ..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-26/philippine-presidents-drug-crackdown-faces-court-challenge/8215754 .
Read on .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-30/philippines-to-disband-police-anti-drugs-units/8222016
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SWS: 78% of Filipinos fear becoming victims of EJK
By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated 16:16 PM PHT Mon, December 19, 2016
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos fear they or someone they know will get killed in extrajudicial killings, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reported.
In a survey released on Monday, SWS divided respondents into those who are "very worried" (45 percent) and those who are "somewhat worried" (38 percent) they will fall victim to the spate of killings happening amid the administration's war against drugs.
The remaining 10 percent were "not too worried" about the extra judicial killings, while 12 percent were "not worried at all."
Drug suspects should be kept alive
Most Filipinos also agreed that it was important to keep drug suspects alive.
According to the survey, 94 percent of Filipinos agreed it was "very" or "somewhat important" that drug suspects weren't killed indiscriminately during operations.
Only 1 percent said that keeping suspects alive was "not important at all."
Filipinos still highly satisfied with drug war
Despite this, the survey showed that an overwhelming number of Filipinos remain highly satisfied with the administration's campaign against drugs.
In the same survey, Filipinos reported they were 85 percent satisfied with the ongoing operations to curb drugs-- a percentage point up from survey results in September.
Filipinos also agreed that since President Rodrigo Duterte took office, the incidence of drug problems in their areas has decreased.
The fourth quarter report surveyed 1,500 participants nationwide through face-to-face interviews. It has sampling error margins of ±3 points.
The survey results come amid worries over the high body count seemingly resulting from Duterte's war on drugs.
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/12/19/sws-78-percent-fear-EJK.html
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