Palace invites UN to probe deaths

MALACAÑANG has formally asked the United Nations (UN) to look into the alleged extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the country, but said it should also investigate the deaths of policemen in legitimate operations.

In a news conference, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea had sent a formal invitation to UN special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard, who earlier condemned the administration’s war on drugs.