Forensic evidence backs Tokhang survivor’s claim of ‘merciless’ execution

Forensic evidence backs Tokhang survivor’s claim of ‘merciless’ execution

Nobel Peace Prize winning organization Physicians for Human Rights concludes that Efren Morillo’s account ‘was consistent with the available evidence’

MANILA, Philippines – The first case against the government’s drug war now has forensic analysis backing the eyewitness account of Efren Morillo, who survived a Tokhang operation that killed 4 in Payatas, Quezon City in 2016.

In the complaint-affidavit Morillo submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman last March, he said the policemen “mercilessly shot” him. None of his 4 companions who were with him resisted arrest, Morillo said. Represented by the Center for International Law (CenterLaw), he filed charges of murder, frustrated murder, robbery, and two counts of violation of domicile on behalf of the families of the other victims.

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