(UPDATED, December 3, 2016, 12:30 a.m.) PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday night admitted it was him who called up Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald de la Rosa to reinstate a police official linked to the drug trade in Eastern Visayas.

In an apparent bid to quell the brewing controversy, Duterte cleared his long-time aide, Christopher “Bong” Go, of any hand in the reinstatement of Supt. Marvin Marcos, head of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Eastern Visayas.

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