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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Margaret Simons

British-Australian man jailed in Philippines claims authorities fabricated evidence

Elden Chamberlain who is in jail in the Philippines
Elden Chamberlain who is in jail in the Philippines. The British public health consultant says he has been hit with fabricated drugs charges. Photograph: supplied by the family

An internationally respected British public health consultant, who has been in Philippines jails for more than two years on what he says are fabricated drugs charges, is taking on the country’s main drug enforcement agency, making allegations of fabricated evidence, theft and corruption.

Sixty-year-old Elden Chamberlain was Thursday due to open his defence case in the regional trial court in the city of Cagayan de Oro in a case that has the potential to highlight previous allegations against the Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the wake of the country’s notorious “war on drugs”.

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