But that figure pales in comparison with the staggering number of mostly poor Filipinos killed in President Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, which human rights advocates estimate at 30,000 since 2016.At the House of Representatives, Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate pointed out that the number cited by Guevarra was barely 0.9 percent of the total deaths based on PNP data.
PNP data show that 6,165 drug suspects were killed from July 2016 to June 2021 under the antidrug campaign. Speaking at the daily Laging Handa press briefing, Sugay echoed Guevarra’s assurance that no one would be spared in the DOJ review of the antidrug campaign. “The DOJ should also submit its full report to Congress, as it committed to do during the budget deliberations,” he said.“Considering the lapse of time since these killings started in 2016, the tampering of evidence to erase any culpability by those involved is not remote. Thus, the DOJ-led investigation should also address this issue to prevent further injustice done to the victims and their families,” he said.
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