ALARMED by reports about the alleged practice by some policemen to conceal incidents of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and to tamper with evidence in a crime scene, a lawmaker has asked the Senate to investigate a number of anti-drug operations where drug suspects would end up dead on arrival in hospitals. Sen. Leila de Lima, in filing Resolution 421, cited a special report by Reuters that exposed the alleged practice, particularly in Quezon City and Manila, where police districts were using hospitals to hide the killings. She said the Reuters report showed an 85 percent increase in these cases since the drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte started in July. “It was observed that most of the victims rushed by police to the concerned hospitals were killed from lethal wounds to the forehead, chest or heart often fired from less than a meter away…” de Lima stated in her resolution. “In light of these serious claims and allegations, the Senate should review existing legislations and policies and recommend amendments to existing procedures on arrest, search and seizures,” de Lima stated in her resolution.

Source: Manila Times July 06, 2017 11:03 UTC