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READ: Newsbreak Reads: In war on drugs, lives of police at risk too.

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MANILA, Philippines – In the government's bloody war to stamp out illegal drugs, it's not just drug users or pushers whose lives are at stake.</div>
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While criticized by human rights groups for the rising body count, Philippine police have maintained that the suspects killed in legitimate operations tried to fight back. They were only defending themselves, they said, adding that their lives were also on the line after every round of buy-bust operations.</div>
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"This is also scary for us. But this is our job, so we risk our lives," one police inspector said.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">15-minute listen. Written by Mara Cepeda, read by Marites Dañguilan-Vitug, edited by Jaene Zaplan. If you missed this story earlier, you can read the full text story <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-in-war-on-drugs-lives-of-police-at.html">HERE.</a></em></div>
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READ: Police conduct drug hunt in Cagayan de Oro village

<span id="goog_2083878653"></span><span id="goog_2083878654"></span>CAGAYAN DE ORO – After being barred from conducting anti-illegal drug  operations in a barangay in Cagayan de Oro City by community leaders,  police were finally able to start "Oplan Tokhang" in Barangay 23.<br />
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According to Police Senior Inspector Gerry Ligan, chief of Police  Station 5, they spoke with the barangay council on August 3 to explain  the purpose of the police's "plead and knock" campaign, and were able to  get a majority vote from the council to allow the proceedings.<br />
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Barangay Chairman Jaime Frias II, who previously rejected the 
anti-drug campaign as a violation of human rights, was absent during the
 session<br />
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Kagawad Oscar Palacio, Chairman of Peace and Order in Barangay 23, 
said that Frias cannot counter the council's decision as it was agreed 
upon by the majority.<br />
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Frias however stands firm in his views against the police's methods, 
and questioned why the alleged personalities were not arrested before 
now, while they were conducting drug operations, if the authorities 
already knew who they were.<br />
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Ligan meanwhile said that their method of knocking on the doors of 
people suspected to be involved in the illegal drug trade, and asking 
them to surrender, is not intended to shame anyone. It is supposed to 
make people change on their own for their own good, he said.<br />
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Police went to the homes of nine people suspected to be involved in 
the illegal drug trade on Thursday. They expect to add more people to 
their list with the help of those who surrendered, Ligan said.<br />
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SOURCE: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/12/16/police-conduct-drug-hunt-in-cagayan-de-oro-village" target="_blank">ABS-CBN</a>

PH police operation READ: Police conduct drug hunt in Cagayan de Oro village

CAGAYAN DE ORO – After being barred from conducting anti-illegal drug operations in a barangay in Cagayan de Oro City by community leaders,...