Pubdate: Mon, 08 Aug 2016
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
Copyright: 2016 Associated Press
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PHILIPPINE LEADER LINKS 150 JUDGES, POLITICIANS TO DRUGS

MANILA (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked 
more than 150 judges, mayors, lawmakers, police, and military 
personnel to illegal drugs Sunday, ordering them to surrender for 
investigation as he ratcheted up his bloody war against what he calls 
a "pandemic."

Duterte promptly relieved members of the military and police he named 
from their current posts and ordered government security personnel to 
be withdrawn from politicians he identified in a nationally televised 
speech. He also ordered gun licenses of those named revoked.

"There is no due process in my mouth," Duterte said.

Duterte's war on drugs has already left more than 400 suspected 
dealers and pushers dead and more than 4,400 arrested in more than a 
month since he took office.
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