President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as the sole agency to investigate Wednesday’s shootout in Quezon City involving members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said on Friday that with the NBI on the case, the joint inquiry announced earlier by the PNP and the PDEA will be called off.

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