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News Philippines' Duterte says will never apologise for drug war deaths

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Philippines' Duterte says will never apologise for drug war deaths​

Neil Jerome Morales
Reuters
04 Jan 2022

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he will never apologise for the deaths of suspected drug users and dealers killed in police operations under his war on drugs that has alarmed rights groups.

More than 6,200 drug suspects have died in anti-narcotics sting operations since Duterte took office in June 2016 until November 2021, government data shows.

"I will never, never apologise for the deaths," Duterte said in a weekly national address. "Kill me, jail me, I will never apologise."

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