Duterte vows 'maximum sentence' for suspects in Korean slay | Inquirer News

Duterte vows ‘maximum sentence’ for suspects in Korean slay

By: - Reporter / @NCorralesINQ
/ 04:38 PM January 26, 2017

Rodrigo Duterte speaks to Filipino community in Singapore - 16 Dec 2016

President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo by WONG MAYE-E/AP)

The suspects behind the grisly killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo will be punished to the fullest extent of the law, President Rodrigo Duterte assured Thursday.

In a speech peppered with expletives during the inauguration of a power plant in Saranggani, Duterte turned soft when he apologized for the death of Jee.

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“I apologize for the death of your compatriot. We are very sorry that it had to happen,” he said.

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“But I can assure you, those responsible are known to us already and they will have to go to prison and I will see to it that they will be sentenced to the maximum,” he added.

Jee was covered with packaging tape and then strangled to death by members anti-drug policemen inside Camp Crame in Quezon City.

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Duterte warned the policemen involved that they would suffer for the death of the Korean national.

“T****** kayong pulis, bantay kayo, hindi ko kayo papalusutin (Watch out, I won’t let you get away with this). You will suffer. Maybe I can send your heads to South Korea,” he said. JE/rga

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