Stop the police, Philippine minister says, as bounty-seekers track felons
MANILA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Philippine justice minister on Friday urged police to abort a manhunt of dozens of potentially dangerous convicts freed in error, fearing possible violence after the president offered big bounties to kill or capture them. The release of so many criminals guilty of violent offences under a programme to reward good behaviour has been a huge embarrassment for President Rodrigo Duterte, a former prosecutor who won an election by promising to stamp out crime. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra wanted police to ...
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