This was the message of Philippine National Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa as the police prepared to resume the controversial "Oplan Tokhang" anti-drug campaign Monday. While he expressed optimism that police operations during anti-drug campaigns will be less violent this time, dela Rosa could not fully commit that the measure would stop the blood from flowing. I cannot give you 100-percent bloodless anti-drug operations,” he said in a televised press briefing. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1"If I could just control the minds of drug personalities: please don’t be violent, don’t fight back so our drug operations will be bloodless," he said in Filipino. Oplan Tokhang was suspended earlier following reports of summary killings and other abuses allegedly committed by police officers.

Source: Philippine Star January 29, 2018 03:33 UTC