Duterte vows ‘maximum sentence’ for suspects in Korean slay
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.
“I apologize for the death of your compatriot. We are very sorry that it had to happen,” he said.
“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
