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2 PDLs claim ex-Pres. Duterte ordered them to kill Chinese drug convicts
Two persons deprived of liberty, Leopoldo Tan Jr. and Fernando Magdadaro, claimed that former President Rodrigo Duterte ordered them to kill three Chinese nationals in August 2016.
The killings were carried out at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm where the convicts were detained.
Tan and Magdadaro stated they were promised P1 million and their freedom in exchange for the executions.
According to Tan, after the killings, Bureau of Corrections official Supt. Gerardo Padilla received a phone call from a voice he identified as Duterte's, congratulating Padilla on a job well done.
Padilla reportedly told his colleagues that the President had called, further solidifying Tan's belief in Duterte's involvement.
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