Grieving: The wife of the murdered South Korean man attending a press conference in Manila. — AFP
Manila: Philippine police kidnapped and murdered a South Korean businessman, then led his wife to believe he was alive for months to extort money from her, authorities said.
The killing is the latest in a long series of criminal acts by the Philippine police force, regarded as one of the nation’s most corrupt institutions, and has fuelled concerns about its role enforcing President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crime war.
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