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Garma bares monetary reward range under ‘Davao drug war template’
Retired police colonel Royina Garma confirmed that cash rewards for killings in the Duterte administration's war on drugs ranged from P20,000 to P1 million.
Garma stated that the highest reward was P1 million, although she was not familiar with specific brackets for different levels of drug offenders.
She identified former police officer Edilberto Leonardo as the facilitator of the funding for these rewards.
In Davao, police operations that led to filed cases were subject to a P5,000 refund for expenses.
Representative Raoul Manuel suggested that these rewards likely motivated police eagerness in implementing the drug war.
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Retired police colonel Royina Garma testified before the House of Representatives' quad committee, confirming a nationwide "Davao template" for the war on illegal drugs, which involved financial incentives for killing drug suspects.
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A House Quad Committee will investigate the alleged use of intelligence funds from the Office of the President during the previous administration for the war on drugs, examining if these funds were used for supposed rewards for killings.
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Former PCSO chief Royina Garma testified before the House Quad Committee, revealing details about an alleged reward system for extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration's drug war.
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Former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo dismissed retired Police Colonel Royina Garma's claims of a payment and rewards system for killing drug suspects during the Duterte administration as "pure imagination or fertile speculation."
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