Ronald dela Rosa, head of the Philippine National Police, reckons that since his boss, President Duterte, took office at the end of June, almost 2,000 people have been killed in the current crackdown on drugs. Of that number, he has said that police were responsible for killing 756 drug suspects. Speaking last Tuesday before the Senate, the police chief was quick to emphasize that there was no official policy to kill drug users and peddlers. After all, he stated, police were “not butchers.”