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Duterte orders customs chief to shoot, kill drug smugglers

by Associated Press
| September 1, 2020 1:03 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly ordered the country’s top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most overt threats during a deadly four-year campaign that has been the centerpiece of his presidency.

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