00:00The family of the victims of the war on drugs who were arrested by the former President Rodrigo Duterte were released from their homes.
00:07Some of the victims were also transferred to the Dampana of Paghilom in the last administration.
00:13Gav Villegas has the details.
00:18Lenin was 13 years old when he was shot.
00:22Lenin's dream was to become a teacher but it was too late.
00:25In December 2016, while he was weaving and folding cloth to sell as food,
00:31he was hit by a bullet while the authorities were conducting an operation in their place in Camarín, Caloocan City
00:37in the aftermath of the bloody war on drugs in the last administration,
00:41even though it was already a year ago.
00:43Father Rod still can't accept it.
00:45Until now, we believe that justice will be served.
00:52Along with the other victims' relatives,
00:54Father Rod faced the media to share their grief after the authorities arrested the former President Duterte.
01:01Until now, he is still arranging his nephew's death certificate
01:05to correct the record that he died in a gunshot wound instead of pneumonia.
01:09Ms. Sara called the former President Verdugo after he lost two children due to the war on drugs.
01:16They suffered a lot because of what happened,
01:19so she hopes that justice will be served.
01:22I hope this will continue.
01:25He can't go back to where he is now.
01:28According to the Non-Government Organization of Ideals,
01:31it provides legal assistance to war on drugs victims.
01:34They were charged with 700 to 1,000 cases of human rights abuses since 2016.
01:42The arrest of the former President Rodrigo Duterte
01:46is a step in justice for the victims.
01:50This is a message for us, for the victims and for those who support them.
01:56There is nothing higher than the law.
