Cop claims House lawmakers pressured him into corroborating drug war reward scheme

MANILA, Philippines – A police official invited to the Senate blue ribbon sub-committee investigation into the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs claimed House lawmakers pressured him into corroborating the supposed rewards offered by former president Rodrigo Duterte in exchange for killings.

Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo, former Mandaluyong police chief, told the Senate sub-committee on Monday, October 28, that during a closed-door meeting on October 22 with House quad...