2018年11月29日 · Three Philippine police officers have been found guilty of the high-profile murder of a teenager, the first such convictions since President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" began. A court...

On the evening of August 16, 2017, a 17-year-old Filipino student named Kian Loyd delos Santos was fatally shot by police officers conducting an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila. The case became controversial when the official police reports differed from witness accounts and CCTV footage. [4][5][6]

2025年3月14日 · Kian’s story drew public outrage as he was accused of pushing drugs and denied an opportunity to defend himself. His uncle, Randy de los Santos, could not help but see the irony in the situation—based on the reactions of Duterte’s supporters—even as he welcomed the notion that justice may soon be within reach for the victims’ families.

2024年11月1日 · However, for the families of thousands of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the Duterte drug war, remembering brings with it painful memories of how once productive lives were suddenly, brutally and unjustly cut short, often in the middle of the night, and by the police who were sworn to serve and protect the public.

2017年8月16日 · Kian delos Santos was shot to death during an Oplan Galugad operation in Caloocan City on the night of August 16, 2017. Police claimed that Kian shot at them, forcing them to fire back. Recovered from Kian were a caliber .45 gun and two sachets of suspected shabu. His relatives said that neither belonged to him.

2018年12月2日 · MANILA, Philippines — The case of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos should not be considered an extrajudicial killing (EJK) even as the three police officers tagged in the murder were found guilty...

2017年8月25日 · He was among the 82 people killed by police on the night of 16 August, and is among the more than 7,000 victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, according to Human Rights Watch. The extrajudicial killings started when …

2017年8月26日 · Investigators confirmed that it was Kian that the CCTV camera captured with two cops, and that he was shot from the back while kneeling down. People were appalled at this latest case of extrajudicial killings (EJK). At this point, it’s easy to put the blame on the cops who shot Kian. However, does the blame really end there?

Hours before the killing of Kian delos Santos and two days before Carl and Kulot’s murders, Duterte gave assurance to policemen that he had their backs, even if they were to be convicted of following his orders to kill drug suspects.

2023年2月7日 · MANILA, Philippines – At the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs, 17-year-old Kian delos Santos was mercilessly killed by Caloocan cops in August...