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Duterte bans another corruption-hit agency from drug war
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Filipino men are rounded up and have zip ties on their wrists following a police raid at an alleged drug den as part of the continuing "War on Drugs" campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte near the Payatas dumpsite community in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Oct 5, 2016. . The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, prohibited a group of police officers from entering the slum community to prevent them from threatening villagers who have accused them of ruthlessly killing four residents in an anti-drug raid, in the latest setback for the president's bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) (AP/Aaron Favila)
The Philippine president has prohibited another key law enforcement agency from carrying out his deadly anti-drug crackdown after banning the national police from the campaign because of corruption.
President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday his decision to exclude the National Bureau of Investigation — the Philippine counterpart to America's FBI — from the crackdown left him with fewer enforcers and raised the need for him to tap the military to help wage the campaign.
Duterte says he will issue a formal order to harness troops in the fight against illegal drugs, which he has elevated into a national security threat.
(Read also: Duterte: Junkies are not humans)
Duterte again lashed out at critics of his campaign, including the dominant Roman Catholic church and U.S. officials, saying he did not feel like sending a Filipino ambassador to Washington.
