Mr. Duterte accused the 228 officers of a litany of criminal and professional misdeeds, including corruption, drug use and dealing, and, in one high-profile case, the kidnapping and murder of a South Korean businessman. Calling the group of National Police officers from Manila, the capital, “rotten to the core,” Mr. Duterte said he was ordering them to Basilan, an island in the country’s restive south and home to the Islamic terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“That is why all of you who are here, you are going to be part of Task Force South,” he told the officers. He gave the officers 15 days to prepare for their new assignment, and he said the deployment would last for at least two years. “If you survive, come back here,” Mr. Duterte said.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 18:07 UTC