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‘Throw those sons of b****** to crocs’, Philippines president, Duterte rants at UN Human Rights team who said he needs psych evaluation

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;Throw those sons of b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; to them &lbrack;crocodiles&rsqb;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;&colon; <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Philippines&&num;8217&semi; firebrand leader Duterte says UN human rights team should be fed to the fearsome reptiles after <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">commission chief&comma; <strong>Zeid Ra&&num;8217&semi;ad al-Hussein&comma; <&sol;strong>said he needs a &&num;8216&semi;psychiatric evaluation&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Duterte <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">made remarks during a meeting with soldiers in Zamboanga City on Saturday <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Using expletives and misogynistic phrases&comma; Duterte has variously attacked and debunked the work of some of the teams leading experts Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Agnes Callamard&comma; as well as&comma; International Criminal Court prosecutor&comma; Fatou Bensouda<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">The unconventional leader was trying to justify his order for the police to ignore the international rights team in the country to investigate his controversial and blood-thirsty war on drugs in the Philippines<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">His apparent belligerence towards examination of the number extrajudicial killings and  surge in inhumane policing in the drug war escalated to a war of words after UN human rights boss&comma; al-Hussein&comma; called his words &&num;8216&semi;unacceptable&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Duterte had accused UN members of being part of a key communist rebel group<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">International monitors critics and local rights groups have accused Duterte of drifting toward authoritarianism<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">In one instance last year&comma; he declared martial law in the south during a major attack by pro-Islamic State group militants<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-223997" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte 6" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"804" &sol;><strong>President Rodrigo Duterte has only choice words for United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Zeid Ra&&num;8217&semi;ad Al Hussein for tagging him as a murderer&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">President Rodrigo Duterte has said that United Nations humans rights investigators should be fed to crocodiles&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Filipino premier made the remarks in response to comments last week by the United Nations&&num;8217&semi; human rights chief&comma; who claimed Duterte needed a &&num;8216&semi;psychiatric evaluation&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;If these fools come here&comma; are there crocodiles here&quest; The ones that eat people&quest; Throw those sons of b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; to them&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told soldiers during a meeting in Zamboanga City on Saturday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The President&comma; whose brutal war on drugs has drawn international condemnation&comma; told the nation&&num;8217&semi;s law enforcement to stay silent if they were confronted by inspectors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Duterte justified his order for the police to ignore the human rights investigators&comma; saying he was protecting law enforcers from incriminating themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-28837" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;rodrigo-duterte2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"rodrigo-duterte2" width&equals;"980" height&equals;"551" &sol;>Irascible&colon; President Rodrigo Duterte &lbrack;photo&rsqb; said last week&colon; &&num;8216&semi;If these fools come here&comma; are there crocodiles here&quest; The ones that eat people&quest; Throw those sons of b&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; to them&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Local paper&comma; the <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;philstar&period;com&sol;headlines&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;12&sol;1795923&sol;duterte-feed-united-nations-rights-experts-crocodiles" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Phil Star<&sol;a>&period; reports that the president later claimed his order is allowed under the Constitution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;You know&comma; they say they are investigating us&period; My God&comma; you fools&excl; If you are investigating us&comma; the rule in criminal law is&comma; any statement or answer that you give may incriminate you&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he reportedly said in the meeting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;If you answer their questions&comma; it will be freewheeling&comma; it is recorded&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;If you are called there&comma; you are bound by whatever you say&period; So the best way is to just keep silent&period; Just tell them&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We have a Commander-in-Chief&period;&&num;8217&semi; Haven&&num;8217&semi;t I told you&quest; I take full responsibility&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Duterte told the troops&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rodrigo Duterte has overseen a drug war marked by thousands of killings of mostly poor suspects and his latest outburst of  truculence comes after UN human rights chief Zeid Ra&&num;8217&semi;ad al-Hussein said the Filipino leader &&num;8216&semi;needs to submit himself to some sort of psychiatric evaluation&&num;8217&semi; over his &&num;8216&semi;unacceptable&&num;8217&semi; remarks about some top human rights defenders&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;al-Hussein demanded the Human Rights Council&comma; which counts the Philippines among its 47 member countries&comma; &&num;8216&semi;take a strong position&&num;8217&semi; on the issue&comma; and insisted &&num;8216&semi;these attacks cannot go unanswered&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-290579" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Zeid-Raad-al-Hussein-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein 1&period;png" width&equals;"668" height&equals;"559" &sol;>Zeid Ra&&num;8217&semi;ad al-Hussein has become increasingly outspoken as his time as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights comes to an end&period; He has described Filipino president&comma; Rodrigo Duterte&comma; as a murderer<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">The soon to retire head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights&comma; has become increasingly outspoken as his time as his tenure at the Human Rights Watch monitor comes to an end&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Speaking to reporters in Geneva&comma; al-Hussein referred to a court petition filed last month by Duterte&&num;8217&semi;s government accusing the UN fact-finding team on indigenous peoples&comma; the team lead&comma; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz&comma; and others of being members of a key communist rebel group&period; &&num;8211&semi; Human Rights Watch says the allegations&comma; which Tauli-Corpuz has denied&comma; have put her and some 600 other people in danger&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Filipino leader also has repeatedly insulted the UN expert on extrajudicial killings&comma; Agnes Callamard&comma; lashing out at her for raising alarm over the thousands of suspects killed under his anti-drug crackdown&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The voluble leader has also taken aim at International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda&comma; who announced last month that she was opening a preliminary examination into alleged extrajudicial drug killings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a speech Wednesday&comma; Duterte insulted the international court&&num;8217&semi;s justices as &&num;8216&semi;dumb&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;evil&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and said Callamard was &&num;8216&semi;thin&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;undernourished&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Using an expletive&comma; he warned&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Don&&num;8217&semi;t &lbrack;mess&rsqb; with me&comma; girls&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano blasted Zeid&&num;8217&semi;s remarks as &&num;8216&semi;irresponsible and disrespectful&&num;8217&semi; and said the &&num;8216&semi;unmeasured outburst&&num;8217&semi; demeaned the Philippine president and should not be repeated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><b><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-290581" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;President-Rodrigo-Duterte-left-with-Ronald-dela-Rosa-the-national-police-chief-during-a-news-conference-in-the-capital-Manila-in-2017&period;jpg" alt&equals;"President Rodrigo Duterte &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; with Ronald dela Rosa&comma; the national police chief&comma; during a news conference in the capital Manila in 2017&period;jpg" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"512" &sol;>Rodrigo Duterte&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;<&sol;b><span class&equals;"caption-text" style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">&comma; with national police chief&comma; Ronald dela Rosa&comma;<&sol;span><b> has overseen a drug war marked by thousands of killings of mostly underprivileged suspects<&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-290580" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Protesters-scatter-pairs-of-slippers-and-shoes-to-symbolize-victims-killings-in-Dutertes-so-called-drug-war&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Protesters scatter pairs of slippers and shoes to symbolize victims killings in Duterte's so-called drug war&period;jpg" width&equals;"1023" height&equals;"575" &sol;>Members of the public in Philippines scatter pairs of slippers and shoes in protest&comma; to symbolize victims killings in president Duterte&&num;8217&semi;s so-called drug war<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Cayetano is claiming that Tauli-Corpuz and the others were named in the court petition &&num;8216&semi;because of their membership in or association with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People&&num;8217&semi;s Army&comma; as &&num;8216&semi;reported over the years&&num;8217&semi; by the Philippine police and military&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Cayetano said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;If they are innocent&comma; it is a chance to prove their innocence in court&&num;8217&semi;&comma; he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">It the belief of Secretary Cayetano that&colon; &&num;8220&semi;The world actually needs more Dutertes&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&comma; describing the Philippine president as a leader with empathy who&&num;8217&semi;s ready to sacrifice his life to protect the people&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;International rights groups and local critics have accused Duterte of drifting toward authoritarianism after declaring martial law in the south during a major attack by pro-Islamic State group militants last year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He has overseen a drug war marked by thousands of killings of mostly poor suspects&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Referring specifically to Duterte&&num;8217&semi;s comments about Callamard&comma; Zeid said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;This is absolutely disgraceful that the president of a country could speak in this way&comma; using the foulest of language&comma; against a rapporteur that is highly respected&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Really it makes one believe that the president of the Philippines needs to submit himself to some sort of psychiatric evaluation&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Zeid&comma; a Jordanian prince who goes by his first name&comma; has become increasingly outspoken after announcing plans not to seek a new term after his current one ends in August&period; In one notable case in October 2016&comma;  a South Korean businessman&comma; Jee Ick-joo&comma; 53&comma; was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2017&sol;01&sol;19&sol;world&sol;asia&sol;philippines-police-south-korean-killing&period;html">strangled at Police Headquarters<&sol;a> last year by officers who later extorted ransom money from his family under the pretense that he was alive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-290583" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Activists-outside-the-headquarters-of-the-Philippine-National-Police-in-Manila-in-the-death-of-Jee-Ick-joo-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Activists outside the headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Manila in the death of Jee Ick-joo 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"675" height&equals;"449" &sol;><strong>Protesters seek justice for Jee Ick-joo outside the headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Manila in Jan 2017 <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The Philippines Department of Justice stepped up and announced that some police officers had seized the businessman Jee at his home in a Manila suburb in October under the pretense of a drug raid and had then taken him to Police Headquarters and killed him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Human Rights groups at the time&comma; tied the killing to President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody antidrug campaign&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The international outcry at the inertia towards implementing justice in the case&comma; forced the head of the Philippine National Police&comma; Ronald dela Rosa&comma; to announce an imminent purge of bad eggs from the police force&comma; withdrawing them from further participation in the anti-drug campaign&period; The Drug Enforcement Agency would instead have the authority to pursue drug cases&comma; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;dela Rosa&comma; made the announcement after President Duterte rejected calls to fire the police chief&comma; one of his most loyal allies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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