Former Philippine senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima waves as she arrives to attend her hearing at the Muntinlupa Trial Court in Manila on Oct 28, 2022. De Lima, an outspoken critic of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly drug war, has been behind bars since 2017 on drug trafficking charges that she and human rights groups have called a mockery of justice and payback for going after Duterte. (AFP file photo)
A Philippine police officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.
During his six-year term, which ended in June, Duterte openly ordered police to shoot dead drug suspects if officers' lives were in danger.
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