PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs — criticized for supposed human rights abuses —was “hugely successful,” according to Malacañang.

In an interview, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the campaign against illegal drugs had pulled down the country’s crime rate this year.

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