1800人死於菲律賓禁毒戰爭

An escalating war on drugs in the Philippines has led to almost 1,800 deaths under new president Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s police chief has said.

菲律賓警察總長表示，新總統羅德里戈•杜特爾特(Rodrigo Duterte)上臺後，不斷升級的禁毒戰爭已造成近1800人死亡。

At a Senate committee hearing on extrajudicial executions in the Philippines, Ronald Dela Rosa said 712 people had been killed in police anti-narcotics operations since July 1, the day after Mr Duterte assumed the presidency, while 1,067 deaths were being investigated as drug-related vigilante killings.

菲律賓參議院一委員會就國內發生的法外處決事件舉行了聽證會，羅納德•德拉羅薩(Ronald Dela Rosa)在會上表示，自7月1日杜特爾特就任總統後，有712人在警方緝毒行動中被殺，還有1067起死亡正被作爲與毒品相關的自告奮勇者殺人案件在調查中。

The new figures come as Mr Duterte fends off criticism at home and abroad over his anti-drugs campaign, which has seen 600,000 potential suspects voluntarily turn themselves in to authorities.

這一新數據公佈之際，杜特爾特正抵禦國內外對其禁毒運動的指責，已有60萬名潛在嫌疑人向當局自首。

The president lashed out at the UN on Sunday for voicing human rights concerns over his war on drugs, saying the Philippines might leave the organisation and form a new body with China and African nations.

聯合國表示，菲律賓總統發起的禁毒戰爭存在人權問題。週日杜特爾特因此向聯合國發起抨擊，並表示菲律賓可能離開聯合國，轉而與中國和非洲國家組成一個新機構。