Families of alleged drugs suspects killed by Philippine police petitioned the Supreme Court on Thursday to force police to disclose evidence linking them to narcotics, in the first legal challenge to President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Duterte's war on drugs has caused an international outcry, with human rights groups alleging widespread summary executions by police operating with impunity. The tough-talking president said he would stand by police if suspects were killed because they put up violent resistance. More than 7,000 people have been killed since Duterte took office seven months ago, about 2,250 in anti-drugs operations and the rest still being investigated. In an interview last year with Reuters, Morillo said he had no involvement in drugs and survived because he played dead.

Source: The Star January 26, 2017 11:20 UTC