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Duterte says he once threw man from helicopter, would do it again

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation2/08/09/rodrigo-duterte.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte clarified Thursday that he did not throw people off helicopters, contrary to his statement during a speech to victims of typhoon &quot;Nina&quot; earlier this week.Duterte on Tuesday threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.&quot;If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out. I have done this before, why would I not do it again?&quot; Duterte earlier said.But in a one on one interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; Lynda Jumilla, Duterte disowned the story. &quot;&#x27;Yung hinulog sa helicopter, hindi totoo yan... Wala naman akong helicopter para hulugan ng tao,&quot; Duterte said.(It&#x27;s not true that I threw people off helicopters. I do not own a helicopter to be able to do that.)&quot;Kung totoo man yan, hindi ko aaminin,&quot; Duterte added.(If it were true, I won&#x27;t admit it.)Duterte&#x27;s &quot;helicopter&quot; threat comes just a few weeks after he admitted killing people during his 22 years as a mayor of Davao City, sometimes riding a motorcycle looking for &quot;encounters to kill.&quot;He said those killings were part of legitimate police operations, including a hostage incident. Some senators have warned Duterte he risks impeachment over his comments.Duterte also said six people arrested last week during a seizure of more than half a ton of methamphetamine, known locally as &quot;shabu&quot;, in the capital were fortunate he was out of town.&quot;They were lucky I was not in Manila that time. If I had known there were that much shabu inside a house, I would definitely kill you,&quot; he said.&quot;Let&#x27;s not make any drama, I will personally gun you down if nobody else will do it.&quot;It was not immediately clear when or where the helicopter incident Duterte spoke of took place. His spokesman, Ernesto Abella, suggested it may not have actually happened.&quot;Let&#x27;s just say, &#x27;urban legend&#x27;,&quot; Abella told reporters, without elaborating.The United Nations&#x27; top human rights envoy has called for an investigation into Duterte&#x27;s claims of killing people, to which Duterte responded by calling him &quot;stupid&quot; and &quot;idiot.&quot;

President Rodrigo Duterte clarified Thursday that he did not throw people off helicopters, contrary to his statement during a speech to victims of typhoon "Nina" earlier this week.

President Rodrigo Duterte clarified Thursday that he did not throw people off helicopters, contrary to his statement during a speech to victims of typhoon "Nina" earlier this week.