• 4 months ago
Marcos Jr. denies human rights violations in Davao City raid

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Aug. 27, 2024 that there were no human rights violations committed during the police raid at the compound of Kingdom of Jesus Christ in Davao City. 'The reason we did this was so that we can maintain the peace. The only way to maintain the peace is to make sure that the area is safe and is secure,' he said.

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Transcript
00:00... ang nangyayari police operations sa KOJC compound ay overkill daw po at may violation ng human rights ayon sa mga critical intents?"
00:13... yung daw pong pagde-deploy ng sobrang double police at saka yung blockade, nadidisrupt na daw po...
00:43... and considering this is a 30-hectare compound, kailangan mo talaga na maraming tao. Hindi mo pwedeng gawin ito na isang dosenang police. Hindi nabale yung mga lumalaban o resist, nanghaharang, hindi nabale mo na yun. Para lang yung pag-inspection ng 30 hectares, kailangan mo na agad na maraming tao.
01:13... I do not see. I think what they are talking about is political na yan, hindi natutuo yan. You go to any human rights advocates, nothing that we did. Lahat ng pumasok na police hindi armado, walang baril kahit isa, hindi kami gumamit ng tear gas, wala kami ginawang ganoon.
01:43... mas maraming nasaktan na supporter ng Kingdom of Jesus Christ, maraming nasaktan na police dahil maglalaban. So kung marami, itapos ka agad ang problema. So that's what we've done."
02:13... they just believe they are looking for a value system and they think they have found it. But they did not sign up to be in the front line of this kind of thing that's happening now that they will protect him from arrest even when he has cases filed against him not only here in the Philippines but also in the US.
02:43... their disagreement with us, even anger. But all that the police are doing is enforcing the warrant of arrest against Apollo.
03:13...

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