The Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, has hit out at “stupid” United Nations criticism of his controversial war on crime in which about 1,000 people have died, warning the global body not to interfere. “Why would the United Nations be so easily swayed into interfering in the affairs of this republic? The UN’s anti-drugs office this month said it was greatly concerned by reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines. The UN has made “a very stupid proposition”, Duterte said, warning it not to meddle in the country’s politics. Duterte, who took office on 30 June, ordered a bloody war on crime that has killed 1,054 people since the May elections, according to the country’s largest broadcaster, ABS-CBN.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2016 17:15 UTC