President Rodrigo Duterte only wants the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the shootout between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Quezon City Wednesday, his spokesman announced.
MANILA – Top officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday vowed a full-blown investigation on the alleged “misencounter” between their operatives near a mall along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
The recent misencounter between elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) highlighted the disregard of law enforcers in following protocols and legal procedure in the so-called war on drugs.
Philippine National Police at Armed Forces of the Philippines magkaiba ang salaysay sa ‘misencounter’ sa Samar
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to Philippine National Police: Stop internal security operation to avoid misencounter
President Rodrigo Duterte has taken responsibility for the misencounter between the police and Army troopers in Samar, Leyte, which left six cops dead.
