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De Lima twits Duterte order for Kian's slay probe

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/08/20/delima-duterte-082017.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Senator Leila De Lima and President Rodrigo Duterte. Composite</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Senator Leila De Lima assailed Sunday President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s order to investigate the killing of 17-year-old Kian Lloyd Delos Santos during an anti-drug operation. &quot;The chief instigator and mastermind of the daily carnage ordering a probe into the Kian killing? What a farcical joke!&quot; De Lima said in a statement. &quot;Sobra na ang mga panloloko at panlilinlang nyo sa taong bayan,&quot; she added. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Dispatch from Crame No. 136 Sen. De Lima on Pres. Duterte&#x27;s call to probe the killing of 17 yr old Kian Delos Santos<a href="https://t.co/d0tMtaRdmT">https://t.co/d0tMtaRdmT</a> <a href="https://t.co/3OteLlhaxJ">pic.twitter.com/3OteLlhaxJ</a>— Leila de Lima (@SenLeiladeLima) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenLeiladeLima/status/899133777858789377">August 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script> Delos Santos was killed Wednesday when he allegedly engaged in a shootout with policemen conducting anti-illegal drug operations in Barangay 160, Caloocan. Several witnesses however claimed that the Grade 11 student was mauled by cops, given a gun and told to run for his life. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/18/17/palace-on-17-year-olds-death-in-caloocan-an-isolated-case">READ: Palace on 17-year-old&#x27;s death in Caloocan: An &#x27;isolated&#x27; case</a></li></ul>The killing came on the heels of a string of police operations that left <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/multimedia/infographic/08/19/17/blood-on-the-streets-of-bulacan">32 people killed in Bulacan</a>. Duterte had brushed aside questions of irregularities in the Bulacan raids, saying the drug sweep was in fact &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/16/17/duterte-hails-deadly-bulacan-raids">good</a>.&quot; Delos Santos’ family is now <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/19/17/para-sa-anak-ko-ama-ng-binatilyong-napatay-handa-humarap-sa-senado">seeking justice</a> for the minor, saying the latter was never involved in the drug trade. The Caloocan police meawhile presented a professed drug pusher, claiming that Delos Santos <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/17/katransaksyon-sa-droga-ni-kian-inilabas-ng-pnp">ran errands for a narcotics supplier</a>. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa also claimed that the teenager&#x27;s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/17/kian-was-drug-courier-for-dad-uncles-dela-rosa">father and uncles</a> were drug pushers and users.

Senator Leila De Lima assailed Sunday President Rodrigo Duterte's order for an investigation in the killing of 17-year-old Kian Lloyd Delos Santos during an anti-drug operation.

Senator Leila De Lima assailed Sunday President Rodrigo Duterte's order for an investigation in the killing of 17-year-old Kian Lloyd Delos Santos during an anti-drug operation.