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<p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte has refused to comment on her brother&#x27;s anti-drug campaign in Davao City that has so far killed 7 alleged drug personalities since March 22.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/3/26/5-dead-after-mayor-baste-declares-war-on-drugs-in-davao-city-1022">READ: 7 dead after Mayor Baste declares &#x27;war on drugs&#x27; in Davao City</a></div><p>&quot;No Comment,&quot; Duterte said Monday when asked about Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte&#x27;s &quot;drug war&quot; in their home city and political bailiwick.</p><p>Mayor Duterte declared a &quot;<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">war against illegal drugs&quot;on March 22. From then until March 26,  police arrested 17 and killed 7 in 21 anti-illegal drugs operations.</span></p><p>No alleged drug personalities were killed in 24 anti-narcotics operations between March 27 and April 1, but 34 suspects were arrested.</p><p>The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed grave concern and vehemently denounced the alarming incidents of alleged extrajudicial killings associated with the anti-drug campaign in Davao City.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/29/24/sara-bastes-quit-call-to-marcos-coming-from-place-of-brotherly-love">READ: Baste&#x27;s quit call to Marcos &#x27;coming from place of brotherly love&#x27; — VP Duterte</a></div><p>Police Capt. Hazel Tuazon, <span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">Davao City Police Office spokesperson, </span>said operatives followed police operational procedures and upheld human rights during their operations.</p><p>&quot;Last resort na ni sa atong kapulisan. Siyempre barilon atong operatives, alangan naman magpatara lang atong kapulisan, siyempre i-neutralize ang suspek. last resort na gyud na siya,&quot; she said.</p><p>(This is the last resort of our police. Of course, our operatives will be shot. They cannot be complacent. Of course, the suspect will be neutralized if they resisted arrest. That is really the last resort.)</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PwxHNIAV3Jc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><strong>COPS IN BLOODY DRUG OPERATIONS RELIEVED, FACE PROBE</strong></div><p>Police Col. Jean Fajardo, <span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">Philippine National Police spokesperson, has announced that </span>cops involved in bloody drug operations in Davao City were relieved to pave way for an investigation.</p><p>Tuazon said the eight police operatives involved in deadly drug ops were temporarily assigned to the Foot and Bike Patrol, as the DCPO does not have an administrative holding center.</p><p>The investigation of the Regional Internal Affairs Service is also ongoing, based on the order of recently-retired PNP chief Benjamin Acorda Jr.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/23/chr-probing-almost-2000-human-rights-cases-vs-cops">RELATED: CHR probing almost 2,000 human rights cases vs cops</a></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte has refused to comment on her brother's anti-drug campaign in Davao City that has so far killed 7 alleged drug personalities.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte has refused to comment on her brother's anti-drug campaign in Davao City that has so far killed 7 alleged drug personalities.

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VP Duterte 'no comment' on brother's deadly Davao City drug war

Hernel Tocmo,

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Published Apr 02, 2024 03:21 PM PHT

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