MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has dismissed nearly 400 police officers in a nationwide crackdown since mid-2016, police said on Friday, as President Rodrigo Duterte pushes to clean up a force notorious for abuses.
Most dismissals were for robbery, extortion, or absences, while serious crimes, such as kidnapping and protecting drug dealers, figured in some others, Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao said in a statement. He called the campaign an "uncompromising stand against breach of discipline."
None of the officers were dismissed for their conduct in police operations that were part of Duterte's fierce war on drugs, during which officers have killed more than 4,000 people.
Activists say police are systematically executing drug suspects, but police reject that and say killings were in self-defense, citing their more than 120,000 drug-related arrests as proof of their intent to preserve life.
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