Malacañang on Monday dismissed as mere “propaganda” the photos circulating on social media showing President Rodrigo Duterte’s eldest son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, with Kenneth Dong, the middleman in the delivery of 604-kilogram shabu from China into the country.

In a chance interview, Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said sharing of photos of the two online is just “trial by publicity.”

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