Duterte gov't tally: Drug war deaths top 5,500 before SONA 2019

DEATHS CONTINUE. Families of victims of extraudicial killings call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to pursue an investigation into the rising drug war deaths in the Philippines. Photo by Micah Guiao/Rappler

MANILA, Phlippines – Three years into the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, the government's anti-illegal drug campaign has claimed over 5,500 lives, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency .to June 30 this year, showed that lives of 5,526 people were claimed in the course of 134,583 government anti-drug operations. So far, 193,086 drug personalities have been arrested in that period. Majority of the operations were carried out by the Philippine National Police .

This data showed a continuous climb in the number of deaths, with an additional 476 kills since the end of 2018. Prior to this, the government recordedAlong with the high death toll, the government also reported 7,054"high value targets" and 681 government workers were arrested in anti-drug operations. Among the government workers were 323 government employees, 282 elected officials, and 76 uniformed personnel.

Aside from this, the Philippine National Police said 2,367 cops have been dismissed from service as part of its internal cleansing program. The PDEA's findings are part of #RealNumbersPH, which is the government's effort to counter what it called a"Outside the PDEA's count, however, rights groups estimate the drug war to have claimed as much as 27,000 lives, which included vigilante-style killings. In the previous SONA, Duterte vowed his drug war would not be sidelined as he dismissed international criticism over his campaign.

False news. There were about 120,000 of drug operations, 180,000 arrests referred for prosecution and about 100,000 cases in court. Only about 5,000 death can be verified was due to drug operations. The magnitude of the drug menace accounted for the number of deaths,

Dami nanlaban.

Just asking for some more stats. How many “surrendered” and “jailed”? Just want to know percentages. Thanks

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