Duterte's back-street butchers: Bodies pile up as crackdown claims 5,900 lives in fiv

[poledriver]

Duterte's back-street butchers: Bodies pile up as crackdown claims 5,900 lives in five months and president declares 'You want me to stop? Then stop taking drugs'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has sent the death toll to 5,927 in the five months he's been in office
Radical leader insists he is not a killer despite the country's streets being littered with bodies in crackdown
He has insisted the operation will continue having previously urged citizens to 'go ahead' and kill drug dealers
Less than half of deaths - 2,086 - are linked to police operations with the rest believed to be vigilante killings

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has sent the death toll to 5,927 in five months and has said the way to stop the slaughter is to stop taking drugs.
The radical leader insists he is not a killer, despite the country's streets being littered with dead bodies due to his crackdown on illicit drugs.

President Duterte said he is not about to pull the plug on his operation, but would happily allow citizens to enjoy Christmas and New Year in peace if people stopped taking drugs.

He told the Phil Star: 'They say there have been a lot of killings, executions and extrajudicial killings. You want these to end?
'It's simple. You drug users should stop.
'Stop it and there will be a peaceful New Year and Christmas.'

His national police released figures on Monday stating there had been 5,927 deaths linked to the war on drugs in the Philippines since July 1, according to CNN.
Part of President Duterte's manifesto was to crack down on illegal drugs and he was elected to office in May.

In July, 60,000 Filipino drug addicts surrendered themselves to the government after the President urged citizens to 'go ahead and kill' drug dealers and users.
But the death toll has continued to rise, with 2,086 killed in police operations and 3,841 in extra-judicial or vigilante-style killings.

More than 40,000 suspects have been arrested, but President Duterte has made it clear he would pardon police if they were charged with human rights violations for carrying out his merciless orders.
Duterte has repeatedly denied that police are carrying out extra-judicial killings, which involve victims' faced being taped up, but in September said he would be 'happy to slaughter' three million drug addicts.

Many are thought to have been gunned down by vigilante groups, who are paid in cash for each confirmed kill, with many leaving cards labelled pushers next to bodies to prove the hit.
These groups are a key part in Duterte's pledge to kill 100,000 drug users and dealers and fill Manila Bay with their bodies.


Cont (with lots of pics) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ant-stop-stop-taking-drugs.html#ixzz4SkGANSCf

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Cunt. Cunt. Fucking cunt. I do what you're doing PD on another website and I've given up saying anything other than cunt. The news articles are all the same, he's not going to change. He is a cunt. I visited the Philippines for a month just over a year ago and with all the natural disasters they face the last thing they need is to face a cunt like him in power. Cunt of a friend of Cunty Trump. Anything else I say risks me being monitored by the powers that be in my country or his or who knows who is in fucking cahoots with who.

He's just the worlds biggest cunt right now. Pol Pot had friends while killing 25% of his own country. My country's SAS trained his killers. So excuse my paranoia.

He's just a cunt. Who deserves to get what he is giving out.

Scumfuck of a country. Scumfuck of a leader. Don't worry. I ain't going back.

 

[poledriver]

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte admits to killing people and abusing drugs

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has bragged about killing people and admitted being a drug abuser in comments his critics will use to question his fitness for office.

The 72-year-old former provincial mayor, whose crackdown on illegal drugs has left almost 6000 people dead, admitted over-using an addictive pain-killing drug to relieve pain.

Mr Duterte told a business forum in the presidential palace that he started taking the opioid analgesic drug fentanyl, which is usually prescribed for cancer patients, despite never being diagnosed with cancer.

He admitted his doctor told him to take just a quarter of a square fentanyl pill but he used to take two of them before being warned he was abusing the drug.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/philipp...ersonally-killing-people-20161214-gtbdjr.html

 

[Mycophile]

I don't understand why we are letting him get away with this?

How many more people would he have to kill before the U.S. or other countries would intervene and tell him he has to stop or we will go to war??

I've heard others say "well we can't just go to war over it", but why not?

I mean I know war is something horrible to be involved in but it's things like this that bring about wars.

Is it just a matter of scope and number of killings??

That he's killed thousands and not millions of people?

How many does he have to kill before we would intervene?

 

[Mycophile]

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte admits to killing people and abusing drugs

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has bragged about killing people and admitted being a drug abuser in comments his critics will use to question his fitness for office.

The 72-year-old former provincial mayor, whose crackdown on illegal drugs has left almost 6000 people dead, admitted over-using an addictive pain-killing drug to relieve pain.

Mr Duterte told a business forum in the presidential palace that he started taking the opioid analgesic drug fentanyl, which is usually prescribed for cancer patients, despite never being diagnosed with cancer.

He admitted his doctor told him to take just a quarter of a square fentanyl pill but he used to take two of them before being warned he was abusing the drug.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/philipp...ersonally-killing-people-20161214-gtbdjr.html

Wait this puts a WHOLE other spin on this.

So this motherfucker abuses drugs HIMSELF and STILL kills others for it?!?!

This guy is the dictionary definition of evil.

Then he says “if you want the killings to stop, just stop using drugs?!!”

Theres NOTHING fucking wrong with using drugs but there IS something wrong with murder!!


I swear to go after seeing the movie Return to Paradise where they hang Joachim Phoenix for hash in Malaysia I swore I’d never go to that part of the world.

Countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philipines have some of the worst drug laws and are just some of the worst third world countries in the world IMO.

I don’t know what it is about them that makes them so backwards.

Their sense of morality is all fucked and they have little kids under age 10 addicted to cigarattes.

Some scary as backwards countries.

 

[poledriver]

Yeah, makes one pretty angry hey.

It's such a shame that he has such a high approval rating within that country too. On some articles about him on FB there are huge amounts of filipinos who think he is doing the right thing and think that all the media are out to get him or some such BS.

On the plus side he is 72, so hopefully he might die soon.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

With respect, leave Malaysia and Indonesia out of this. Totally different ball game. The USA locks up more drug users than anyone else in the world by a country mile. While Malaysia and Indonesia are corrupt and hardline, where isn't? They both have saving graces. Malaysia, on the ground (away from politics) is the most genuinely integrated (unforced) country I have ever visited (and I've been to about 40). Indonesia is not its government and is a country of stunning beauty and friendly people.

The Philippines has some friendly people. But it's still a shithole, even without Duterte, in comparison to anywhere else mentioned in this post.

 

[Felonious Monk]

So what's the answer here? CIA-backed coup? Middle-of-the-night assassination? Small-scale invasion? Economic sanctions?

He's clearly not going to stop on his own, and President-elect Dark Lord isn't going to do anything about it. So what are we supposed to do when a leader is proud of his human rights abuses and the people aren't rising up to overthrow him?

 

[Cream Gravy?]

The sad thing is that the majority of Philippinos sanction his actions as just and saintly... There's nothing we can do about a country that wants to kill itself. Only once that killing spreads abroad will anyone care here...

 

[Burnt Offerings]

^ It seems like what he's doing has a good deal of popular support. So there's not much that can be done, IMO.

It reminds me of a conversation I had once about Sherriff Joe Arpaio. Someone said that wouldn't it be awesome if some drug trafficking org just took him out? But I argued that wouldn't change anything...if anything that'd make him a martyr and all of the old xenophobic reactionary dinosaurs who kept him in office would just elect another Arpaio-type figure in his place, and the same horrible practices would continue. That's kind of my view on this situation with Duterte. It's just a shame that the idea of drug users/dealers being unworthy of life seems prevalent in Filipino society, at least in the abstract (in reality I'm sure this is an ideal environment for score-settling for gangs, political entities, etc, under the cover of vigilante justice...any killing would just be lumped into the mass of other killings w/ the same general motivations)

 

[Felonious Monk]

The sad thing is that the majority of Philippinos sanction his actions as just and saintly... There's nothing we can do about a country that wants to kill itself. Only once that killing spreads abroad will anyone care here...

^ It seems like what he's doing has a good deal of popular support. So there's not much that can be done, IMO.

One could say the same thing about Germans in the early days of National Socialism. By 44/45 they realized their country had gone to shit but in 38/39 Hitler had the full support of the people. That does not mean he was right or just.

In my mind, support of the people just gives credence to an international coalition going in and fucking shit up. If you want to live like animals, the U.S. military would be glad to help.

 

[Burnt Offerings]

I guess I just don't really understand the situation, or why people would think what's happening is a "good thing". Murdered bodies left in public streets with notes attached to them? That's some evil terroristic shit, and people in the Philippines seem to be going, "yeah, we like it!" By a good margin, too...so I don't really understand that. It hints at something much more troubling than just this one asshole Duterte

You have people in the Philippines government urging drug addicts to arm themselves and murder their dealers and associates? What the hell went on to prompt this lunacy?! That's what I'd be interested in knowing.

It also gets to the point where...goddamn, where does it end? How many horrific human rights violations do I need to be concerned about, and what are we going to do about it? I think people are (justifiably) a little fatigued about it after two military occupations which didn't exactly end up turning out great...

 

[Mycophile]

With respect, leave Malaysia and Indonesia out of this. Totally different ball game. The USA locks up more drug users than anyone else in the world by a country mile. While Malaysia and Indonesia are corrupt and hardline, where isn't? They both have saving graces. Malaysia, on the ground (away from politics) is the most genuinely integrated (unforced) country I have ever visited (and I've been to about 40). Indonesia is not its government and is a country of stunning beauty and friendly people.

The Philippines has some friendly people. But it's still a shithole, even without Duterte, in comparison to anywhere else mentioned in this post.

I’m not leaving them out of this cause both Malaysia and Indonesia still hang people for drug offenses. Ever see “Return to Paradise”? I know it’s fictional, but they really do do that and probably execute at least several people per year for drugs, and recently the president of Indonesia said he agreed that Duterte was doing the right thing. Sorry, but regarding drug policies I think all those countries are the same and are nearly equally fucked except that Malaysia and Indonesia just don’t have one particular dictator executing people as opposed to their general governments.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

I’m not leaving them out of this cause both Malaysia and Indonesia still hang people for drug offenses.

So long as you are consistent with your desire to view the USA as equally backward, a country with more drug 'offenders' in prison than any other. No need for fiction.

 

[Mycophile]

So long as you are consistent with your desire to view the USA as equally backward, a country with more drug 'offenders' in prison than any other. No need for fiction.

Well they are ALMOST as backward in that they also imprison god knows how many people per year for the same drugs,but at least they don’t MURDER drug users.

Am I wrong that Indonesia and Malaysia give the death penalty to some drug users convicted of trafficking?

Pretty sure I’m not.

So there’s no fiction there.

The U.S. and almost every other country in the world is backwards regarding drug policy, but IMO actually giving the DEATH SENTENCE to drug users is an entirely different level of backwardness.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

There should be no such thing as a drug offence. That said, if you are going to give people 400 year sentences, I think that pretty much equates with murdering them. And the numbers game is certainly won by the USA.

 

[pofacedhoe]

if you never see the free world again what kind of life is that? america has another type of slavery in its prison population and its specific demographics

 

[dopemaster]

Let's talk about the system, it's living hell and inhumane. Probation isn't much better, jumping through hoops and paying so much in fees you lose everything and go on EBT, no one will hire you and they insist you work or go to prison.

OT:. This really borders on war crimes, genocide, and breaks so many human right laws.

NATO sure as fuck could do something, if they felt like it.

Back in our world sadly, no one with power will give a fuck. Let's hope it doesn't happen here because it seems a dystopian police state is set up in the states.

The whole thing makes me sick. People get killed over race, religion, and sexual orientation throughout history. This is nothing new.

Let's not forget all the good alcohol prohibition did for the States giving rise to organized crime and the mafia.

I majored in history until I learned a basic truth, same shit, different time. History is cyclical and I think there is lead in the aqueducts.

 

[yepyepwoah]

Cunt. Cunt. Fucking cunt. I do what you're doing PD on another website and I've given up saying anything other than cunt. The news articles are all the same, he's not going to change. He is a cunt. I visited the Philippines for a month just over a year ago and with all the natural disasters they face the last thing they need is to face a cunt like him in power. Cunt of a friend of Cunty Trump. Anything else I say risks me being monitored by the powers that be in my country or his or who knows who is in fucking cahoots with who.

He's just the worlds biggest cunt right now. Pol Pot had friends while killing 25% of his own country. My country's SAS trained his killers. So excuse my paranoia.

He's just a cunt. Who deserves to get what he is giving out.

Scumfuck of a country. Scumfuck of a leader. Don't worry. I ain't going back.

It's an experiment to see what will happen. If it's successfull, it will be used on a wider scale.

The thing no one is asking is where is the proof any of these people are drug users? I am sure some are, but I am sure a vast amount aren't. It's money, power, vengenance, cleansing etc

 

[poledriver]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Has Been Accused of Abusing Fentanyl

Amidst international concern for the numbers of drug users, dealers, and innocent bystanders being summarily executed in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted to using the opioid painkiller Fentanyl. Duterte revealed he was prescribed Fentanyl, but was instructed to stop after his doctor realised the Philippine president was "abusing the drug." Duterte was apparently using the drug in patch format to treat an injury from a motorcycle accident.

The revelation prompted accusations from Duterte's critics, such as Senator Antonio Trillanes who said the Philippine president "qualified as a drug addict." This is a controversial statement, given the Duterte Government's tough stance on drug use. Recent estimates by Al Jazeera suggest that as many as 5,946 people have been killed since Duterte came to power.

Far stronger than heroin, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that's estimated to be between 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. The drug was linked to Prince's overdose back in April 2016.

Others took Duterte's announcement as an opportunity to raise concerns about his health—the 71-year-old is the Philippines oldest ever president. "It is not just the illness itself that we should be worried about, but also the impact or side effects that the medications he is taking may have," Senator Leila de Lima said. "Especially on his lucidity and ability to make decisions with a clear mind."

Even Duterte's allies have called on the controversial leader to be more transparent about his health. "To end this speculation, it would be better if his physician explains how the President manages the pain that he suffers," said congressman Carlos Zarate.

President Duterte also made headlines last week when he declared that he'd killed three drug users during his time as the mayor of Davao, before he won the presidency in June. "In Davao I used to do it personally. Just to show to the guys [police] that if I can do it why can't you," the BBC is reporting Duterte said. "I'd go around in Davao with a motorcycle, with a big bike around, and I would just patrol the streets, looking for trouble. I was really looking for a confrontation so I could kill."

President Duterte has long denied any involvement with the death squads that roam Manila and other Philippine cities, slaying those suspected of being involved with drugs. He also denied he was addicted to fentanyl after this controversy. "When there's regularity, my friend, when you take it and when there's a monkey on your back, that's addiction," he said.

http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/phil...anyl?utm_source=vicefbanz&utm_campaign=global