PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has "credible international sources," Malacañang said on Thursday as it defended the Chief Executive's claim that the alleged Taiwanese drug cartel was the major supplier of illegal narcotics in the country.

Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella issued the statement a day after Taiwan asked the Philippine government to provide information and evidence on the President's allegations.

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