A masked witness points to the police officers suspected of killing 17-year-old Kian delos Santos as she testifies during a Senate hearing in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines September 5, 2017. "We will comply with the arrest order," said John Bulalacao, national police spokesman, adding the three policemen once arrested would be transferred to a jail. As in nearly 4,000 killings of drug suspects by police as part of the 19-month-old crackdown, the official report said delos Santos was killed because he violently resisted arrest, endangering officers' lives. Delos Santos' death sparked a big protest and led to Duterte briefly suspending police operations in October. Duterte has frequently praised police who kill drug dealers and promised to pardon any officers who are jailed.

Source: Bangkok Post February 07, 2018 07:30 UTC