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Duterte, de Lima invited to drug war probe

The House Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday approved the motion to invite former president Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ronald de la Rosa as resource persons to its probe of extrajudicial killings in the previous administration's bloody war on drugs.

During the committee's third hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers listened to stories of the relatives of the drug war victims.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA