Philippine police officer fired for illegal detentions in 'secret cell'


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Apr 2017

Detainees are pictured inside a hidden room at a police station in Manila, Philippines April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent Go

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he will look into the illegal detention of drug suspects at a secret cell in a Manila police station that has raised new questions about police conduct in his war on drugs.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it discovered the cell on Thursday, after a tip-off, at a police station in Manila's Tondo district, a hotbed of drug-war killings.

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