Police officer who killed teen jailed in rare drug war conviction

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 24, 2022 12:01 am

(UPDATE) A POLICE officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.

More than 6,200 people died in the anti-drug campaign, according to official figures.

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