LIVE: Senate hearing on drug-related killings - Day 2
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights and Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday will resume its inquiry on the rising number of drug-related killings in the country.
During the first Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings on Monday, the witnesses said that the victims were low-level drug pushers killed by corrupt law enforcers were either their protectors or suppliers in the narcotics trade.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) also stressed that it is opposed to extrajudicial and vigilante killings of suspects.
“On the speculation of vigilante killings, the PNP does not and will never condone vigilante killings,” PNP Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said in his opening statement at the Senate hearing.
The Senate panel invited resource person from the Department of the Interior and Local Government, CHR, Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, as well as human rights and media groups.
LIST: Senate guest list for probe into drug killings
Watch the hearing LIVE starting 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016:
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