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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1474198" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><p>MANILA - A town mayor who is a self-confessed fan of presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte ordered seven suspected drug pushers to take &quot;a walk of shame&quot; in Tanauan, Batangas Wednesday.</p><p>Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili made the suspects walk around the town market while bearing a sign saying, &quot;Ako&#x27;y drug pusher, &#x27;wag tularan.&quot;</p><p>Some residents agreed with the way the alleged suspects were treated.</p><p>But the suspects lamented that their punishment was unfair because the charges against them were not even proven yet.</p><p>This is not the first time Halili ordered a suspected criminal to do a walk of shame.</p><p>The mayor came under fire in 2012 when he ordered a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/regions/03/03/14/watch-walk-shame-tuyo-thief">suspected thief of dried fish</a> to do the walk.</p><p>The man was made to walk around the public market with his hands bound behind him and a plastic bag of &quot;tuyo&quot; tied to his wrists. He was also ordered to apologize to the dried fish vendor that he allegedly victimized.</p><p>Speaking to radio dzMM, Halili defended his tactic, saying this has deterred crime in his city.</p><div class="containing-block"><div class="outer-container"><div style="display:none">Default News template and player embed</div><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4898690440001"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/><param name="width" value="510"/><param name="height" value="287"/><param name="playerID" value="1880751799001"/><param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAABtXvbPVE~,ZfNKKkFP3R9qoEvgz2KMCs8gaY-UGBkT"/><param name="isVid" value="true"/><param name="isUI" value="true"/><param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true"/><param name="@videoPlayer" value="4898690440001"/></object><script type="text/javascript">brightcove.createExperiences();</script></div></div><p>&#x27;&#x27;Natigil ang mga nakawan… nasabi nila mukhang effective ang walk of shame,&#x27;&#x27; he said.</p><p>Halili said his strategy of shaming criminals is in line with the people&#x27;s call for a radical change in the government&#x27;s approach to criminality.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;Rampant ang criminality at parang walang magawa ang ating batas at mga kapulisan kaya naghintay sila ng ganitong pagbabago at approach on how to treat criminals,&#x27;&#x27; he said.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;Iyung conventional na method ay hindi effective, kaya radical ang change, at yun ay tumatama sa mga gusto ng tao na advocacy ni Mayor Duterte.&quot;</p><p>Last April, Halili also forced an alleged rapist to do a &quot;walk of shame.&quot;</p><p>The Commission of Human Rights (CHR) said the punishment may have violated the rights of the suspects.</p><p>&#x27;&#x27;Nagpadala ang CHR ng letter, sinagot ng city legal, pero up to that point lang, kasi baka nakita nila di naman ganoong kalupit,&#x27;&#x27; he said.</p><p>READ: <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/03/03/14/suspected-thiefs-walk-shame-draws-outrage">Suspected thief&#x27;s &#x27;walk of shame&#x27; draws outrage</a> </strong></p>

<p>A town mayor who is a self-confessed fan of presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte ordered seven suspected drug pushers to take "a walk of shame" in Tanauan, Batangas Wednesday. </p>

A town mayor who is a self-confessed fan of presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte ordered seven suspected drug pushers to take "a walk of shame" in Tanauan, Batangas Wednesday.

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Mayor orders drug suspects to do walk of shame

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Published May 18, 2016 06:49 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 30, 2016 11:04 AM PHT

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