MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s remark on the recent death of a 3-year-old girl in a buy-bust operation shows the government’s lack of concern for the fatalities in the government’s war on drugs, a non-government organization (NGO) said. “Instead of showing sympathy over the death of the toddler Myka Ulpina, Sen. Dela Rosa’s statement that “shit happens” to describe the killing, only shows the government’s lack of concern and tendency to dismiss deaths relating to the war on drugs,” the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) said in a statement. Aside from the 3-year-old, her father, another drug suspect, and police Senior Master Sergeant Conrad Cabigao were also killed in the shootout. When asked about this, Dela Rosa said that although policemen do not want civilians harmed in anti-drug operations, “shit happens.”“But of course, we are in an imperfect world. But shit happens during operations, shit happens,” Dela Rosa said in a media forum at the Senate on Thursday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2019 03:56 UTC