The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said it had raised its concern on the rising number of killings in the drug war to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in January but it was ignored. ADVERTISEMENTReacting to the video message of Robredo to the United Nations (UN) denouncing President Duterte’s bloody drug war, the PNP asked Robredo to relay her concern about the reported human rights abuses to the police before broadcasting it to the international community. READ: PNP to Robredo: Report ‘palit-ulo’ cases to us before telling int’l communityPNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos was particularly referring to the “palit-ulo” scheme which Robredo revealed in her six-minute video message. These are the stories that the Vice President spoke about in her video message to the United Nations,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2017 06:38 UTC