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President Rodrigo Duterte: No rich Filipino person is now involved in the illegal drug trade.<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday countered critics of his administration\u2019s drug war, saying there are no drug dealers among the rich in the country.<\/p>\n

He was responding to criticisms that the government\u2019s war on drugs failed to capture any \u201cbig fish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ninyo walang big fish. Walang mayaman ngayon na Pilipino na nasa droga. Kaya nga mayaman na eh,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the meeting of the joint national and regional task force to end local communist armed conflict.<\/p>\n

(You say there was no big fish. No rich Filipino person is now involved in the illegal drug trade. They are already rich.)<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Wag kayo maghanap na big fish na mayayaman o anak ng mga mayayaman, hindi na kailangan mag-negosyo ng shabu yan, mayaman na nga eh,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(Don\u2019t look for big fish among the rich. They no longer need to enter into the illegal drug trade. They are already rich.)<\/p>\n

He also said the government was able to catch big-time personalities, citing the deaths of four Chinese<\/a> nationals killed during a buy-bust operation in Pampanga.<\/p>\n

READ: Duterte \u2018sorry\u2019 for deaths of Chinese suspects in Zambales drug sting<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yan ang mga big fish dito,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

READ: Drug war \u2018definitely a failure,\u2019 says senatorial aspirant Tulfo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday countered critics of his administration\u2019s drug war, saying there are no drug dealers among the rich in the country. He was responding to criticisms that the government\u2019s war on drugs failed to capture any \u201cbig fish.\u201d \u201cSabi ninyo walang big fish. 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