{"id":244744,"date":"2020-02-12T19:52:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244744"},"modified":"2020-02-12T19:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:52:18","slug":"ninja-cops-reduced-to-4-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/12\/ninja-cops-reduced-to-4-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja cops reduced to 4: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers a speech during the conferment ceremony of the Order of National Scientist on Dr. Emil Javier at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on January 7, 2020. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night said that around four police personnel or officials remain involved in the resale of illegal drugs seized in anti-drug operations.<\/p>\n

In a speech in Malaca\u00f1an Palace, Duterte did not, however, identify the names of the so-called \u201cninja cops\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung mga<\/em>\u00a0(These) generals\u00a0pati<\/em>\u00a0(and) ninja cops, they are still around but reduced to about\u00a0apat nalang<\/em>\u00a0(just four),\u201d Duterte said before newly-elected officers and Board of Trustees of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP).<\/p>\n

Duterte, however, expressed confidence that these errant cops would not live long.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they will all die because\u00a0may kasalanan sila sa bayan<\/em>\u00a0(because they have sinned against the country),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said even if he no longer holds the government\u2019s top post, he would not think twice about shooting them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSame, whether I\u2019m President or an ordinary [citizen],\u00a0pag nagkita tayo at alam kong galit ka sakin dahil sa droga, magbabarilan talaga tayo<\/em>\u00a0(If we see each other and I know you\u2019re mad at me because of illegal drugs, we will really have a shoot-off),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

In November last year, Duterte admitted that he might have been blindsided on the ninja cops\u2019 case in Pampanga in 2013 where former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, was implicated before his appointment as the country\u2019s top cop.<\/p>\n

Because of the issue, it took Duterte around three months to name Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa as the next PNP chief, stressing that he had hard time choosing Albayalde\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n

Duterte, meanwhile, slammed human rights groups for criticizing the killings linked to his aggressive crackdown on illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are just worried about a dead carcass there. They do not even know\u00a0kung talagang pinatay \u2018yan ng pulis o ano<\/em>\u00a0(if they were really killed by police). Of course, there are exceptions\u00a0pero karamihan ng namatay diyan, pag walang ano sabihin nila<\/em>\u00a0extrajudicial killing (but majority of those killed there, they just tag them as extrajudicial killings),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He, however, admitted that there were over 5,000 deaths that resulted from the anti-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung sinabi napatay natin<\/em>\u00a0(If they say we killed) 5,000 so be it. We admit it, 5,000.\u00a0Pero wag naman yung<\/em>\u00a0(But not) 70,000.\u00a0Saan ko ilibing \u2018yan<\/em>? (Where would I bury them)?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A total of 151,601 legitimate anti-drug operations conducted since Duterte assumed office until November 30 this year have also led to the arrest of 220,728 drug personalities and the deaths of some 5,552 drug suspects, according to the government\u2019s data released on December 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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