ronald dela rosa says he welcomes international examination of the drug. he says he has nothing to hide. meanwhile, president rodrigo duterte has requested the withdrawal of the court. while they await a decision, the killings continue. yesterday, we reported from india on a series of brutal murders of people wrongly accused of being child kidnappers. the rumours were spread on whatsapp and social media and focused on a video about child safety in pakistan that was mistaken for a real—life kidnapping. 0ur correspondent there, secunder kermani, has been talking to the makers behind the original video. two men on a motorbike apparently snatch a young child of the street, ina snatch a young child of the street, in a video that has spread dangerous in india. in fact, in a video that has spread dangerous in india. infact, this in a video that has spread dangerous in india. in fact, this footage was filmed in this street in karachi, pakistan, not in india. and the full video makes clear this was not a real kidnapping at an advert, designed to promote child saf

ronald bato dela rosa, nicknamed the rock, was chief of police during the killings. he's widely regarded as the architect 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 wer