PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday offered an apology and expressed his “deepest regrets” to the South Korean government and the wife of murdered South Korean executive Jee Ick-Joo. “We apologize to the South Korean government and people for this irreparable loss. They allegedly used a fake warrant of arrest and invoked the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign. Abella said corruption in the police had been a problem even before the Duterte administration. “In fact, that’s exactly why he (Duterte) came in, to address that particular culture,” he said.

Source: Manila Times January 24, 2017 16:58 UTC