00:00Myra was 19 years old when she found a new hope and a new companion when she joined this group.
00:08Because of her father and brother's merciless prayers,
00:12it seems that their neighbors who were hoping to be with them passed away as well.
00:20It's just the two of us. We don't have a bus. It's just the two of us.
00:27Where are you looking for neighbors who can understand you?
00:31In Selingan.
00:33Why did you decide to join this group?
00:36Because I'm the only one who feeds myself.
00:40Why? What happened?
00:42My mother doesn't have a job.
00:45In 2016, she witnessed the shooting of unknown men by her father and brother.
00:53How old were you when all of that happened?
00:55I was 11 years old.
00:57You were only 11?
00:58I just finished my birthday.
01:01I had my birthday on July 1st and he died on July 22nd.
01:07Since her father and brother passed away, it has become difficult for them to take care of their mother.
01:13It's as if they hide their sins so that they won't be affected by the war against drugs.
01:20So your father and brother used to feed you?
01:26Yes. He used to earn a lot.
01:29Who?
01:30My father.
01:33We had a stove, water, and a tricycle.
01:38And when he died?
01:39We lost everything.
01:41Why did you lose everything?
01:42Because we were traumatized. We hid.
01:45Why?
01:46We might get in trouble.
01:48Why are you better now?
01:50We don't fight anymore. Everything is fine.
01:55We can talk now.
01:58There are people who can help us.
02:03Before, we didn't have anyone.
02:07Evangeline and Myra were just a few of the war on drugs victims of the Duterte administration.
02:14More than 6,000 were killed in the unofficial drug war of the Duterte administration.
02:21But according to the Commission on Human Rights,
02:23in 2018, more than 20,000 were killed in the category of Homicide Under Investigation.
02:34In August, the House Quad Committee re-examined the cases of extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration.
02:41Its aim is to determine if illegal drug trade has anything to do with the syndicates and POGOS or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
02:51I was invited to serve as a resource person.
02:54According to the former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation of PAG Corps General Manager and retired police colonel Roina Garma,
03:04the so-called reward system for the police is equivalent to arresting and killing illegal drug personalities on the Duterte's narco list.
03:17Former President Rodrigo Duterte and PNP Chief Ronald Bato de la Rosa were invited to the hearing.
03:23But according to Duterte and de la Rosa's camp, they will not attend the hearing.
03:29I can make the confession now, if you want.
03:33But in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Duterte's war against drugs,
03:38Duterte himself promised responsibility to the PNP in his administration.
03:46For all of its successes and shortcomings, I and I alone take full legal responsibility.
04:01For all of its successes and shortcomings, I and I alone take full legal responsibility.
04:08And I am the one who will be jailed, not the police who followed my orders.
04:13What a pity! I am just doing my job.
04:17Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police also agreed to the result of the Quadcom hearing and the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
04:25They are also conducting an investigation on the so-called reward system mentioned in the hearing.
04:32This is precisely the reason why this is one of the issues that our PNP Chief is investigating and we are documenting.
04:41And we will have evidence of these revelations again during the committee hearing.
04:47And we will find out if aside from the speakers who said they know about the reward system.
04:54So on the part of the PNP, we don't know anything about the reward system.
05:00First of all, personally, there is a small light there.
05:06In plain politics, the deliberation there, everybody is hopeful.
05:13Because what happened is, it's all clear.
05:17There is no need to fight, there is no connection to the so-called peace and order.
05:23There is an illegal drug trade, yes.
05:25But illegal drug use is a mental health problem, it's not a security problem.
05:33What are you praying for?
05:35I am just praying that my father will be given a chance.
05:43Because they are not fighting yet.
05:46I don't want him to be gone.
05:53I don't want him to be gone.
06:02I just pray every day.
06:05That my son will be given a chance.
06:09According to some judges, it can be considered crimes against humanity
06:14the killings of victims of the war against drugs.
06:20A war that in the end, it was as if the victims who were saved were defeated.
06:27For the children of the victims of EJK,
06:30they will just have to hope that the time has come
06:34that they will still be able to sing.
06:38Finally, the light of the memory of their present life
06:43will continue to shine and bring hope.
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