Police officer gets 40 years in jail for killing South Korean businessman

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 09, 2023 12:00 am

A police officer has been jailed for up to 40 years for the kidnapping and killing of a South Korean businessman during former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents seen by Agence France Presse on Thursday show.

Jee Ick-joo was abducted from his home north of Manila in October 2016 by a group, including narcotics officers under the guise of a raid for illegal drugs, and later killed inside the national police headquarters in the capital.

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