Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr (left) was gunned down and daughter, Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog was arrested in the Sunday morning raid. (Facebook photo)MANILA - A mayor who had been accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of involvement in drug trafficking was killed along with his wife and 10 other people in coordinated police raids early Sunday, authorities said. Reynaldo Parojinog's daughter, Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, deputy mayor of Ozamiz, was among "scores" of people arrested, according to Ernesto Abella, a spokesman for Duterte. (AP file photo)Reynaldo Parojinog is at least the third mayor on that list to die in an encounter with police. In November, another mayor, Rolando Espinosa Sr., was shot and killed by police officers in his jail cell.
Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2017 18:11 UTC