Ex-Cop: President Duterte Paid Me To Kill
February 26, 2017
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as posted by the channelIt takes a lot of courage to publicly accuse a murderous tyrant of murder. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A retired Philippine police officer says President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was a mayor, ordered and paid him and other members of a "liquidation squad" to kill criminals and opponents.
The former policeman, Arthur Lascanas, told a news conference on Monday that he was speaking up because he was bothered by his conscience - including his role in the deaths of his two brothers, whom he ordered killed because they were drug users.
"I had my own two brothers killed. Even if I end up dead, I'm content because I've fulfilled my promise to the Lord to make a public confession," he said, breaking into tears.
Duterte has denied his government backs unlawful killings of suspects under his deadly crackdown against illegal drugs, which is feared to have killed more than 7,000 mostly drug users and petty pushers since he took office in June.
The killings under the crackdown, an expansion of his anti-drug campaign when he was a longtime mayor of southern Davao city, have alarmed the United States, other Western governments, and UN rights officials.
Lascanas said the gang of hitmen were paid between $400 and $2,000 per murder, depending on the target.”*
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