In testimony that has raised questions about the government’s campaign, witnesses in Senate inquiries have accused police chief Oscar Albayalde of protecting officers who sold confiscated narcotics back onto the black market. On Monday, he referred to the hearing and the fact he was being implicated in the scandal and said he was stepping down to make way for a new police chief. Albayalde had sought to prevent the dismissal of the 13, Senate witnesses said. They say they have killed more than 6,700 suspected drug dealers who resisted arrest, and deny involvement in the mysterious killing of thousands more suspected drug users. The 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council in July approved a resolution to investigate the crackdown.

Source: New Strait Times October 14, 2019 04:30 UTC