ronald dela rosa, nicknamed the rock, was chief of police during the killings. roversial drug war operations. speaking to the bbc, mr ronald dela rosa, now head of prisons, said that drug—related crime had fallen but admitted m ista kes crime had fallen but admitted mistakes had been made. i ask him if the government had begun with a shoot to kill policy. nada. iwould like to make clear to the whole world that president rodrigo duterte did not give me in order to kill anyone. —— no in. hejust told our policemen that if your life is in danger, protect yourself. it is better that the criminals are killed rather the new. cctv footage revealed that many of the drug killings had been carried out by miles vigilante is. their hallmark, what is wrapped in packing tape and signs. a lot of those yet to be investigated are related to vigilante killings carried out by the police. when you work for the police, what did you do to investigate those allegations? some of these cases were not related to the war on drugs. the police had some placards stating that he was a drug offe

ronald bato dela rosa, nicknamed the rock, was chief of police during the killings.hitect of the controversial drug war operations. speaking to the bbc, mr dela rosa, now head of prisons, said that drug—related crime had fallen, but admitted mistakes had been made. i asked him if the government had begun with a shoot to kill policy. no. i would like to make it clear to the whole world that president duterte did not give me an order to kill anyone. he just told our policemen that if your life is in danger, you have to protect yourself. so it's better that the criminals are killed rather than you. eyewitnesses and cctv footage reveal that many drug war killings have been carried out by masked vigila ntes. their hallmark — bodies wrapped in packing tape and signs professing involvement with drugs. human rights watch say that those killings, a lot of them that yet to be investigated, are related to vigilante killings carried out on behalf the police. when you were police chief, what did you do to investigate those allegations? some were related to the war on drugs, but s