Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted hiring a death squad to carry out extra-judicial killings during his "war on drugs" campaign. Duterte testified during a senate probe where he took responsibility for the deaths.
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00:00Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended his deadly war on drugs campaign.
00:06He told the Philippine Senate that he stands by his orders for law enforcement to kill drug suspects.
00:30Philippine police say Duterte's anti-drug campaign left over 6,000 people dead, but
00:41rights groups say that number could be as high as 30,000.
00:45In the hearing, Duterte admitted hiring a death squad of felons to kill other criminals
00:50when he was mayor of Davao City before he became president.