PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he won’t bow to US President Barack Obama on accusations of extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses in connection with the government’s anti-drug campaign.

In a news conference in Davao City before leaving for Laos for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summits, Duterte said he had nothing to explain to Obama, as the Philippines is not beholden to the US.

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