Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to withdraw his country from the United Nations amid international scrutiny surrounding the deaths of hundreds of drug suspects since he was sworn into office in June. Duterte, 71, the tough-talking former Davao mayor, won a landslide victory by promising a severe crack-down on drug related crime, corruption and vice. “My concern does not only revolve around the growing tally of killings reported by the Philippine National Police,” Senator de Lima said. Under Duterte, deaths have dropped to 20 a day and many of them are suspected criminals, he said. “Investors have been positively impressed by Duterte,” said Alan Richardson, Hong Kong-based investment manager at Samsung Asset Management.

Source: National Post August 22, 2016 17:37 UTC