CALAPAN CITY — When the administration announced that there were no extrajudicial killings (EJKs) on President Rodrigo Duterte’s watch, it must have missed the case of anticrime crusader Zenaida Luz. As far as Luz’s family is concerned, her death in Oriental Mindoro is one that perfectly fits the EJK profile. “Isn’t it [an EJK] when a state agent, someone in authority, unjustly kills a helpless civilian?” her sister Perlita Alvarez asked. 35, refer to the killings of journalists or people affiliated with cause-oriented organizations — whether political, environmental, agrarian or labor. Alvarez said the legal battle was taking its toll on her family but it was standing firm against any offer of settlement.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 22, 2017 23:26 UTC