According to data from the Philippine National Police’s Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC), as much as 20,584 minors surrendered to local police from July 1 to August 28, 2016. Of theses minors, around 98% confessed to being drug users, 1.33% as drug pushers, and 0.32% as drug runners.
TANAY, RIZAL — The fresh wind blowing through the spacious rundown facility can make one feel relax, energized, or even nostalgic. But many of those who had taken temporary residence here had been constantly plotting to escape it – until recently. Read more >
Author Vino Lucero
News Site PCIJ
Date Published September 21, 2016
Article Link Drug war lists 20,584 kids as ‘users, pushers, runners’
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