Murderous Manila: On the Night Shift
A dispatch from the Philippine capital, where “no one will be safe until many, many more have died.”
A dispatch from the Philippine capital, where “no one will be safe until many, many more have died.”
James Fenton New York Review of Books Jan 2017 15min Permalink
The president of the Philippines’ kill list is reputed to have over million names of supposed drug pushers and addicts, including many mayors and politicians. There is no reliable way to get off the list other than dying in a hail of bullets from assassins on motorbikes.
Patrick Symmes New York Times Magazine Jan 2017 15min Permalink