President Rodrigo Duterte has his own sources of information when he said 9,000 policemen were involved in illegal drugs, Philippine National Police Chief Dir. Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa said on Monday.
鈥淪ome of them galing sa amin, pero 鈥榶ung sabi 9,000, compilation niya 鈥榶un (Some of them are from us, but the 9,000 is his compilation) from PDEA [Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency], NBI [National Bureau of Investigation], Armed Forces, civilian intelligence and other government agencies. Basta sa PNP nagco-contribute kami (We at the PNP are also contributing),鈥� he told reporters in an ambush interview.
搁贰础顿:听9,000 cops into drugs 鈥� Duterte
The PNP chief said that 2 percent of 175,000-strong PNP are involved into drugs, a little higher than the President鈥檚 estimate.
鈥淪abi ko dati, mga 2 percent; ngayon 鈥榶ung sinabi niya 9,000, so more or less 5 percent鈥�. Basta within the range pa din,鈥� Dela Rosa said.
(I said before that it鈥檚 2 percent; now he鈥檚 saying 9,000, so it鈥檚 more or less 5 percent鈥�. It鈥檚 still within the range.)
Duterte claimed last week that 9,000 members of the PNP are into illegal drugs, which makes the illegal drugs problem harder to solve.
鈥淜asama sa 9,000 鈥榶ung nagpapabaya. Grabe 鈥榶ung alam niyang transaksyon ng droga sa area niya pero wala siyang ginagawa,鈥� Dela Rosa said.
(The ones who are neglectful are part of the 9,000. They know so much about the drug transactions in their area but they鈥檙e not doing anything.)
The drug problem among policemen is hard to address but the PNP chief said they are doing their best.
鈥淢akikita niyo every now and then may nahuhuli ang CITF [Counter-Intelligence Task Force] na kapwa naming pulis na sangkot sa droga. Kung sabihin mo totally na ma-address, I don鈥檛 think so鈥�. At least 鈥榙i tayo nagbibingi-bingihan, we address the problem head on,鈥� he said.
(You can see that every now and then, the CITF would arrest our fellow policemen who are involved in drugs. If you say it can be totally addressed, I don鈥檛 think so鈥�. At least we don鈥檛 turn a deaf ear to it, we address the problem head on.) /je