In an explosive report, the United Nations Human Rights Office said that Philippine police planted guns as evidence to support their 'nanlaban (fought back)' narratives against drug suspects they killed in operations. READ:
, the OHCHR said it examined police documents in 25 operations in Metro Manila, where 45 people were killed.
"The pattern suggests planting of evidence by police officers and casts doubt on the self-defence narrative, implying that the victims were likely unarmed at the time of killing," the report added.In the same 25 operations that the OHCHR studied, police referred to 34 killings as"neutralizations." Petitioners have told the Supreme Court that the circular's use of the word"neutralize" basically authorized policemen to kill, which is illegal. Police manuals say enforcers can only use of force and weapon on a suspect for the purpose of overcoming resistance. Nowhere in the manual does it say"kill."
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