UN not invited to probe Duterte drug war, spokesman says

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/8/20/duterte-082016.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to soldiers in Maguindanao province. <em>Malacanang photo</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The United Nations was not invited to the Philippines to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s war on drugs, his spokesman said Saturday, dismissing the world body&#x27;s criticism as &quot;unwelcome meddling.&quot;</p><p>Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella clarified a statement by Duterte&#x27;s chief legal counsel, Salvador Panelo, that two UN human rights experts who raised alarm over deaths linked to the anti-crime campaign should &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/19/16/philippines-tells-un-duterte-not-committing-crime">come over</a>&quot; and see the &quot;real situation.&quot; </p><p>Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on summary executions, promptly responded on Twitter saying: &quot;Invitation to investigate welcomed. Ready to &#x27;see for myself.&#x27;&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Invitation to investigate welcomed. Ready to &quot;see for myself.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/K9BIZ3ZFKO">https://t.co/K9BIZ3ZFKO</a></p>— Dr Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) <a href="https://twitter.com/AgnesCallamard/status/766551844692688896">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;The Philippines has not extended any invitation to any body, nor the U.N. to look into its national affairs. We are capable of our own internal dialogue,&quot; Abella said in a statement.</p><p>Duterte views the actions of security forces waging the anti-drug campaign with the &quot;presumption of regularity,&quot; Abella said, adding the drug scourge was &quot;being responsibly addressed.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The President therefore finds the pronouncements from certain bodies as unwelcome meddling in national matters,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;The liberal Western values being imposed upon an Asian nation that places premium on common good is both insensitive and displays a lack of appreciation for the diversity of global culture,&quot; he said.</p><p>According to data culled by ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, 1,127 drug suspects have been killed from May 10, when Duterte&#x27;s election mandate became clear, to August 19.</p><p>The death toll includes 682 who were killed in police operations, 351 who were killed by unidentified assailants and 94 others, whose bodies were found away from the crime scene.</p>

<p>The United Nations was not invited to the Philippines to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, his spokesman said Saturday, dismissing the world body's criticism as "unwelcome meddling."</p>

The United Nations was not invited to the Philippines to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, his spokesman said Saturday, dismissing the world body's criticism as "unwelcome meddling."

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UN not invited to probe Duterte drug war, spokesman says

UN not invited to probe Duterte drug war, spokesman says

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