Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte renews offer of big bounties for hundreds of convicted murderers and rapists set free in a corrections bureau blunder, and says he would be happier if they were caught dead rather than alive
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed an offer of big bounties for hundreds of convicted murderers and rapists set free in a corrections bureau blunder, and said he would be happier if they were caught dead rather than alive.
Duterte said there was a “prize” of a million pesos for each of the former felons still at large, after less than 700 of them heeded his call for their surrender. His latest remarks are likely to outrage opponents who accuse him of deliberately using rhetoric that incites vigilantism. His office rejects that and says his tough talk is endearing to millions of Filipinos.
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