Former Senator and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima testifies at the House Quad Committee hearings on extrajudicial killing linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte’s “War on Drugs.”
Her initial testimony described the Davao Death Squad structure—claimed to be the template of the War on Drug.
De Lima said she first learned about the DDS when she was Human Rights Commission chairwoman. She was imprisoned for six years during Duterte’s presidency on drug-related charges, which have since been dismissed.
