PNP chief orders review of cases vs cops tagged in killings since 2022

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. ordered their Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to review cases against officers implicated in alleged killings since 2022. Nartatez said this in a press briefing on Monday in response to a statement by Nicholas Kaufman, former President Rodrigo Duterte’s counsel at the International Criminal Court (ICC), maintaining that drug-related killings continued under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The PNP chief turned to DIDM Director Brig. Gen. Matthew Baccay, who joined the briefing, and said, “Please get the data and look at the data starting July of […]... Keep on reading: PNP chief orders review of cases vs cops tagged in killings since 2022