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August 22, 2016

SENATE PROBES DRUG KILLINGS: Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chair Leila de Lima (top left) fields questions to security and human rights officials present during the Senate inquiry on the recent rise in extrajudicial killings and summary killings involving suspected criminals on Monday, August 22, 2016. De Lima said that the probe seeks to strengthen the government’s ability to fight crime, while stressing that the blatant disregard for human life must end: “Extrajudicial or extralegal killings, whether perpetrated by the State or by non-state actors must stop.” Also in photo are (from left to right, clockwise) Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto, Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon, and Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ 22 August 2016)

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