Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia, US want to replicate Duterte’s war on drugs

According to Police Chief Inspector (PCI) Kimberly Molitas, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) information officer, some countries faced with problems on illegal drugs are eyeing to replicate the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) “Oplan Tokhang” to address their problems on illegal substance abuse and trading.

Molitas, during her visit to Colombia this month, she said that foreign law enforcers expressed their plan to adopt “Oplan Tokhang” to combat their own problem.

Molitas is a transnational crime buster who represents the Philippines in international fora talking on the country’s war on drugs.

She said that the country of Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia, and USA including in New York showed interest to replicate the program.

Molitas said that she visited these countries on invitations to present the real score on the drug war in the Philippines.

“They have been looking at factual benefits of the ‘Oplan Tokhang’, how some suspects died during police operation, what the human rights organization says, and what are reported on media,” she said.

“They were surprised that we have at least 1.3 million drug surrenderers which, according to them, never happened to other countries facing drug problems,” she said.

When asked what strategies were undertaken “OplanTokhang” to make the 1.3 million drug suspects surrender, Molitas cited the PNP’s “Knock and Plead scheme”, where policemen literally knocked on the doors of the drug suspects and asked them to voluntarily surrender.

“They even asked me to accompany them to do the knock and plead scheme,” she said. “The Indonesian police is now preparing to implement their own version of the ‘Oplan Tokhang’.’”

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Source:  politics.com.ph