Funeral workers in protective suits carry the remains of a victim of an alleged extrajudicial killing at a public cemetery in Manila, Philippines,on Sept. 17, 2021, after it was exhumed due to an expired rental contract on it's grave. - AP
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday (Sept 21) that anyone found to have "acted beyond bounds" in his campaign against illegal drugs would be held accountable under national laws, while appearing to reject an International Criminal Court probe.
Duterte told the United Nations General Assembly he had instructed the Philippines Justice Department and police to review the conduct of the campaign, in which more than 6,100 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed since he took office in June 2016.
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