Philippines' Duterte renews threat to kill drug dealers after big bust

MANILA (REUTERS) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (June 5) renewed a threat to kill drug dealers after police seized 756kg of methamphetamines, a haul he said proved the South-east Asian country had become a transhipment point for narcotics.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday renewed a threat to kill drug dealers after police seized 756kg of methamphetamines, a haul he said proved the South-east Asian country had become a transhipment point for narcotics.

"If you destroy my country distributing 5.1 billion pesos worth of shabu ... I will kill you," Mr Duterte said in recorded address, referring to the drugs. But government data put the number of suspected drug dealers and users killed in police anti-narcotics operations since July 2016 at 5,600.

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