The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessman by rogue officers, but the country’s president vowed on Sunday to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term in 2022. President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “embarrassed” that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping, leading to the death by strangulation of Jee Ick-joo, on the grounds of the national police headquarters. His police chief, Ronald dela Rosa, said the breakup of anti-drugs units was necessary to rebuild them, but it could disrupt the progress of the campaign. “We will dissolve all anti-drugs units in the police,” he told a joint news conference with Duterte, when asked if he would overhaul the police. “I do not give a shit, I have a duty to do, and I will do it,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2017 19:58 UTC