Tag: police abuses

NCRPO: Entire Pasay precinct sacked for “pocketing” robbery victim’s money

(Eagle News) — Policemen in a  precinct in Pasay have been sacked following allegations they pocketed a robbery victim’s money. In a television interview,  National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde said a total of 35 personnel, including the commander of Police Community Precinct 3 have been ordered relieved. “”Mayroon tayong iniimbestigahan na complaint doon na may na-recover silang pera sa isang robbery at tinitingnan natin ang alegasyon na pinaghatihatian nila,” Albayalde said, without […]

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Cops paid assassins to kill drug suspects, says Amnesty Int’l report on police abuses in drug war

(Eagle News) — Amnesty International has revealed incidents where policemen in the Philippines pay officers and assassins to kill drug suspects, plant evidence and even set up an alleged racket with funeral homes who pay for each dead body sent to them. The international rights group investigated 33 incidents of drug-related killings in 20 cities and towns across the Philippines in which 59 people were killed, mostly poor people. The Amnesty report, which followed an […]

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