UNFAZED by criticism at home and abroad of his campaign against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday vowed to continue running after drug traffickers, claiming it was not until his election to the presidency that the gravity of the problem was exposed.

Duterte also linked his election rival, former Interior secretary Manuel Roxas 2nd, to one of five police generals he had accused as protector of drug syndicates — retired police deputy director general Marcelo Garbo Jr.

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