“We use meditation…this Buddhist concept wherein we train the mind [of a drug user]to stop being so weak, for lack of a better word. Alongside this policy is the idea of our King Rabba 9th, wherein he said you can’t fight drugs with anger. Whether it has been effective, the problem is still growing, and it is something that we are trying to fight,” said Sunthornvut, a Cambodian. The Philippines and Cambodia are the only Asean members, which do not have death penalty. Rep. Robert Ace Barbers of Surigao del Norte, chairperson of the AIPA meeting on combating the drug menace, noted that there was no reason to discuss the issue of killings since they were not sanctioned by the President.

Source: Manila Times July 07, 2017 03:00 UTC