New drugs board chief seeks name change for 'Tokhang'

NEWLY-appointed Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Catalino Cuy is proposing to have the name of the police campaign against illegal drugs changed to erase the “negative connotation” that goes with it.

Although he made no suggestions, Cuy said the killings that were associated with the implementation of “Operation Tokhang” have given people a different view of the term, which was actually derived from Cebuano meaning "Tokhang-Hangyo" or knocking on a suspected drug user and persuading him to surrender to authorities.