The rest of the dead were people killed in police anti-narcotics operations, dela Rosa said. Nearly 700,000 drug users and drug peddlers have turned themselves in to escape the crackdown, police chief dela Rosa said. Outside the senate building, dozens of supporters cheered dela Rosa for leading the war against drugs, chanting his nickname, "Bato, Bato". Police involvedThe number of those killed provided by dela Rosa at the Senate hearing was higher than the 1,800 he gave at the hearing on Monday. Dela Rosa said about 750 of the dead were killed in police operations against drug peddlers.

Source: Thanhnien News August 23, 2016 07:52 UTC