Police Director-General Ronald Dela Rosa told police officers he would use the indefinite halt of anti-drug operations to launch a massive purge of police involved in crimes. “No more drug operations now,” Dela Rosa told police officers at the main police camp, without indicating how long the ban would last. Human rights watchdogs have suspected extrajudicial killings of drug suspects may have been covertly carried out by police or at their behest. While Dela Rosa has suspended police operations, Duterte has declared his crackdown would continue up the last day of his six-year term. Dela Rosa resigned amid the scandal but Duterte asked him to stay on.

Source: National Post January 30, 2017 19:35 UTC