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The Philippines is to investigate a group of police officers who were allegedly filmed executing a criminal, the government's Commission on Human Rights said yesterday.
The video was at odds with a police account of the event. They said they had killed three gangsters, including the suspect allegedly executed, in a shoot-out on the streets of the southern city of Davao on Thursday.
In an interview broadcast by the ABS-CBN network that ran the footage, commission chairwoman Loretta Ann Rosales said: "That's clear murder."
Rosales has ordered an inquiry into the shooting to determine the officers' possible criminal culpability, said commission spokesman Mark Cebreros.
Davao police said its officers had shot and killed the three gang members in a firefight that led to the rescue of a businesswoman who had been kidnapped by them in Manila a week earlier.
One other suspect was arrested, it added.
However, ABS-CBN said the grainy footage showed a uniformed officer using a rifle to shoot a suspect who had his hands behind his head while sitting behind the wheel of a parked vehicle surrounded by police.
It did not identify the source of the footage, which showed at least five policemen and another man in civilian clothing standing outside the vehicle.
Senior Superintendent Ronald de la Rosa, the Davao police chief, told the station he had not seen the footage and would defer comment.
However, the mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, defended the police operation and challenged critics to go to court.
"Don't crucify the police for doing their duty," Duterte told the station in an interview.
The local press also quoted Duterte as warning that kidnappers would "leave Davao City horizontally or vertically. It's your choice."
Duterte, who won a seventh term as mayor of one of the country's largest provincial cities in last May's elections, is known for his uncompromising stance against crime.


Philippines probes alleged execution by police

One of the alleged kidnappers was arrested. Davao police said its officers had shot and killed three gangsters in a shoot-out on the streets. Photo: Xinhua

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The Philippines is to investigate a group of police officers who were allegedly filmed executing a criminal, the government's Commission on Human Rights said.


Philippines probes alleged execution by police

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The Philippines is to investigate a group of police officers who were allegedly filmed executing a criminal, the government's Commission on Human Rights said.

The Philippines is to investigate a group of police officers who were allegedly filmed executing a criminal, the government's Commission on Human Rights said.