EP 05: Probing Duterte's Drug War

After five years, and close to the tail-end of the Duterte administration, the Philippine National Police finally agreed to open its case files on policemen involved in anti-drug operations  where suspects were killed for allegedly resisting arrest — the so-called “nanlaban” cases. But only the Department of Justice will be given access to these records which cover only 61 cases out of thousands of killings recorded since President Duterte launched his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs in 2016. The question is - why only now and why only 61 cases?

In this episode, Christian Esguerra sits down with Justice Undersecretary Adrian Sugay, Human Rights Commissioner Karen Dumpit, and Human Rights Watch's Carlos Conde.