MUST READ PLS.!! Dela Rosa mimics foreign police in the war on drugs campaign

Police organizations around the world want to copy the country’s war on drugs, Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa said Monday.

“They are so excited, the Interpol. All policemen around the world are impressed with what we do here ,” he told reporters in an ambush interview.

The PNP chief was in Beijing, China, last week to attend the Interpol General Assembly.

“They say, they like that the problem is not only in the Philippines almost around the world. They want to copy but have a hard time,” he said. PNP data show that the police conducted 70,854 anti-drug operations from July 1, 2016, to Aug. 29, 2017. A total of 107,156 drug personalities were arrested but 3,811 were killed in the operations.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has also led to the surrender or arrest of more than 1 million drug personalities and has resulted in a drop in crime incidents. However, the crackdown on drugs also raised human rights concerns from local and international groups. /cbb

SOURCE: INQUIRER