Case build-up starts on possible 'war on drugs' abuses from 2016

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This undated photo shows people lighting candles to protest killings under the Duterte administration's 'war on drugs.'

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MANILA, Philippines — It took more than five years for authorities to start building criminal complaints to be filed against police officers who killed suspects in "war on drugs" operations, information released by the Department of Justice showed.

 

The DOJ on Wednesday made public a 21-paged matrix on its review of case records where the PNP IAS found liability on police officers involved in the operations. The information only included docket number, name of killed suspect, date and place of incidents, IAS findings and DOJ panel observations.

 

The DOJ has so far gained access to 52 cases from the IAS, although one did not involve a drug operation and another had no fatality in it.

 

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