Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has admitted there were irregularities in the many anti-illegal drugs operations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP).
“Our initial and preliminary findings confirm that in many of these cases, law enforcement agents asserted that the subject that the subject of anti-drug operations resisted arrest or attempted to draw a weapon and fight back,” he informed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during his video report on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
“Yet, no full examination of the weapon recovered was conducted. No verification of its ownership was undertaken. No request for ballistic examination or paraffin test was pursued until its completion,” he lamented.
Guevarra added “in more than half of the records reviewed, the law enforcement agents involved failed to follow standard protocols pertaining to coordination with other agencies and the processing of the crime scene.
“We have referred these initial findings to our national police authorities and we have been informed that the appropriate internal investigations of thousands of these incidents have been conducted,” Guevarra said.
“Scores of police officers have been recommended for administrative and criminal action,” he assured.
Guevarra said “it is now the immediate task of the review panel to ensure that these recommendations have been acted upon and carried out by the proper disciplinarian authorities and that measures are adopted to minimize loss of lives during legitimate law-enforcement operations against illegal drugs.
Back in June, the secretary informed the UNHRC the Philippines has formed a review panel to look into the 5,655 drug operations conducted which resulted to deaths.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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