> When the families of the dead heard of his arrest, they danced with pictures of their lost loved ones, pounded on walls, hugged family and knelt in pews to pray...
> There is Normita, whose epileptic son was killed. She is distraught because she swore that if Mr. Duterte were arrested she would visit his cell every day to make certain he remained behind bars. “How do I even get to the Netherlands?” she asked, sobbing.
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Opinion | Duterte Is Enjoying the Due Process He Denied to His Thousands of Victims

In Duterte’s Philippines, due process was not a right, it was a privilege that was not extended to the victims of his drug war.

The New York Times