De Lima seeks probe of DOA cases in anti-drug operations

ALARMED by reports about the alleged practice by some policemen to conceal incidents of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and to tamper with evidence in a crime scene, a lawmaker has asked the Senate to investigate a number of anti-drug operations where drug suspects would end up dead on arrival in hospitals.

Sen. Leila de Lima, in filing Resolution 421, cited a special report by Reuters that exposed the alleged practice, particularly in Quezon City and Manila, where police districts were using hospitals to hide the killings.