A rare investigation into a police killing in the Philippines
Most deaths in the war on drugs are quickly forgotten. This one is different
THE RASHOMON stories recounting the death of Jhondie Maglinte Helis are typical of the Philippines’ war on drugs under President Rodrigo Duterte. The police claim that officers found Jhondie (pictured), 16 years old, in the company of an adult drug suspect, Antonio Dalit, when they went to arrest Mr Dalit on June 16th in Laguna, a province on the southern edge of Manila. The officers say they shot and killed the pair after both of them drew guns in an attempt to resist arrest.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Silenced witness”
Asia June 26th 2021
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- Australia mulls biowarfare against unwanted critters
- A rare investigation into a police killing in the Philippines
- One in nine Indonesian women marries before the age of 18
- A political memoir has South Koreans asking whom politicians serve
- Japan’s Ainu people have a new museum. Many feel it omits a lot
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