„Cleanse your ranks. Review their cases. Give me a list of who the scalawags are,“ Duterte said in a press conference late Sunday night.
Last week, Duterte apologized to South Korean investors and South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines, Kim Jae-Shin, for the murder of Jee Ick-joo and promised swift retribution.
„I am very sorry for that sordid incident. But I can assure you; policemen — I will not let you get away,“ he said according to CNN Philippines.
On Sunday, he gave any suspects still at large 48 hours to surrender, threatening to put a 5 million peso ‚dead-or-alive‘ bounty on their heads.
Jee’s gruesome kidnap and murder has sent shockwaves across the Philippines and prompted accusations of a meltdown of discipline within the police force.
The businessman was allegedly taken from his home in October, held for ransom and then murdered by high-ranking police officers.
On Sunday, the Philippines president ordered the dissolution of all anti-illegal drug units within the Philippine National Police, although he said he remains committed to the controversial war on drugs campaign.
