ADVERTISEMENTCayetano made the remark after HRW accused the government of pursuing a “distraction strategy” to evade accountability for the rising death toll in the war on drugs. “In making such a conclusion, Human Rights Watch is creating the impression that the Philippine Government is engaged in the wholesale slaughter of innocent people. Citing data from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Cayetano said that 3,968 drug suspects were killed in 80,683 police operations from the day Duterte assumed office until November 27, 2017. These operations also resulted in the arrest of 119,023 drug personalities,” Cayetano said. ADVERTISEMENT“This means that for every drug personality killed in a police operation, there were 30 others who were taken into custody,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 26, 2018 05:54 UTC