--- title: Philippine Police Killed Teen, Planted Evidence: Investigators description: The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation filed murder charges against four police officers who killed a 17-year-old boy canonical: https://time.com/4924520/philippines-police-kian-santos-murder/ author: Joseph Hincks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-01T08:28:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:32:21.541Z article:section: World og:title: Philippine Police Killed Teen and Planted Evidence: Report og:description: Kian Loyd delos Santos's killing sparked outcry against Duterte's drug war og:url: https://time.com/4924520/philippines-police-kian-santos-murder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa043a95f65fdc87/6988dc2297cdfffad26b245e/gettyimages-839455332.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Duterte's Brutal War On Drugs Continue In The Philippines og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Philippine Police Killed Teen and Planted Evidence: Report twitter:description: Kian Loyd delos Santos's killing sparked outcry against Duterte's drug war twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa043a95f65fdc87/6988dc2297cdfffad26b245e/gettyimages-839455332.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Investigators Say Philippine Police Murdered Teenager and Planted Evidence on His Body > Sponsored content. 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President Rodrigo Duterte has been an office for a year after promising to crack down on drugs, crime and corruption. TIME takes a look at what makes Duterte a popular president and what he has done so far._ by [Joseph Hincks](https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Sep 1, 2017 8:28 AM UTC by [Joseph Hincks](https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Sep 1, 2017 8:28 AM UTC The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday [recommended murder charges](https://www.rappler.com/nation/180781-nbi-complaint-kian-delos-santos-murder-planting-evidence) against four police officers who killed a 17-year-old boy and allegedly planted evidence on his corpse, in a case that has galvanized opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Police claimed to have shot Kian Loyd Delos Santos in self defense after he engaged them in a gunfight. But multiple witness testimonies backed by CCTV footage showed that he was beaten, dragged into an alley and shot in the head. In an apparent bid to justify his killing, police later [portrayed Santos as a drug runner.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs/philippine-police-say-teen-was-killed-before-drugs-links-known-idUSKCN1B412B) “From the collective acts of herein police officers prior, during, and after the incident, it is very evident that they have one single purpose, that is to kill \[the\] victim,” read part of the NBI complaint, according to Philippine news site Rappler. Journalists and human rights groups have previously [exposed numerous cases](http://time.com/4591511/philippines-drugs-duterte-kill-rate-statistics/) of Philippine police [systematically murdering](https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/02/philippines-police-deceit-drug-war-killings) drug suspects, but the brazen nature of Delos Santos’ killing has sparked public outcry. Last week, more than 1,000 people attended his funeral procession, demanding justice and a halt to the police killings. Soon after CCTV footage of Santos was made public, Duterte [declared](http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/924455/duterte-vows-cops-in-killing-of-kian-will-be-jailed-if-proven-guilty) the offending officers would go to jail if found guilty. “There will be no luto-luto,” he said, using a Filipino term for cheating justice. Delos Santos was among [at least 91 people shot](http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/010050FJ10M/PHILIPPINES-DRUGS.jpg) dead during one of the bloodiest weeks of the Philippine drug war, which some human rights groups say has claimed upwards of 10,000 lives. Philippine law enforcement agencies, however, have in recent months downgraded the official death toll. In January, [police figures](https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/24/deadly-milestone-philippines-abusive-drug-war) said 7,000 people had died, the official toll [now stands](http://pdea.gov.ph/pdea-map/2-uncategorised/279-realnumbersph) at about 3,500. Last week, Duterte — who had campaigned on a promise to “[solve drugs, criminality, and corruption](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/07/filipino-trump-leads-philippines-presidential-campaign/84067638/) in three to six months of taking office” admitted he was fighting an unwinnable war. The promise to eradicate methamphetamine use “won’t be fulfilled,” he [told soldiers](http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/08/26/1732881/rody-admits-i-cant-end-shabu-menace) in Marawi. “This \[drug use\] really will not end.” Rather than expressing remorse for the drug war’s victims, however, he ended the speech by reiterating that it would be “unremitting as it will be unrelenting.” \[[_Rappler_](https://www.rappler.com/nation/180781-nbi-complaint-kian-delos-santos-murder-planting-evidence)\] ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] My complaint against drugs will not stop until the end of my term. Until the last pusher and the last drug lord [ NOISE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] I. I. Please state your name. Rodrigo Roa Duterte Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. Duterte's a strong man and so the appeal of a leader like Duterte is somebody who comes along and says, you know, we have problems with order, we have drugs, I am the person who can deal with it, really has done remarkably little. He promised to crack down on drugs and while there were some high profile dealers who were killed, a couple of political leaders, the primary victims were the poorest of the poor. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ UNKNOWN ] I think, that you know, as much as there is a mainstream media in the United States that says the sky is insipid and he's vulgar, and look at what he said about Obama and all of these things The fact is that a whole bunch of people in the Philippines feel like the system wasn't working for them and they've been very supportive of this guy. What the west and the international community tend to get wrong about Duterte is not understanding the context in which he came to power. [ MUSIC ] One should not romanticize The Philippines electoral democracy over the last 30 years. It was established in 1986 after the overthrow of a dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. [ APPLAUSE ] And there was a lot of celebration of people power around the world. And there were these colorful images of people standing in front of tanks. Nuns Some young people giving flowers to soldiers and it seemed all very harmonious but the reality was very different. People Power succeeded in restoring electorial democracy. It succeeded in restoring competitive elections and it ultimately succeeded in getting the Philippines out of a terrible economic crisis which was caused by the failures of the Marcos dictatorship. That said, People Power failed to create strong institutions. Failed to deal with the issue of corruption and crime on the whole, and it failed to seriously dent poverty. It failed to create a sense that you know, people were really being empowered. And Duterte is very much someone who's taken advantage of that disappointment. Do I really believe that the average poor Filipino thought that they were gonna make a lot more money under Duterte, probably not. But did they think that this was a guy that was more likely to be interested and understanding the plate that they have. I think the answer that is yes. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Duterte is an admirer of Marcos and says some of the things about the need for political order over democracy that Remind a lot of observers of Marcos. I think that the bigger question is whether we have a situation of creeping authoritarianism. You still have a free press there, but there's increasing concern because, of course, people are being killed in an extrajudicial fashion. And now we have martial waw in Mindanao. There's also the worry that he will, in fact, just declare a martial law for the country as a whole. There are some constitutional safeguards set up after Marcos fell to keep this from happening, but unfortunately the courts have not been effective in stopping the tactic. They've been very timid. There is very little opposition in the congress, and there are a few groups speaking out in civil society, but they're Opposition has been muted, so that there are very few checks on Duterte, and if he wants to push further towards martial law for the country as a whole, there seems to be very little that would stop him. 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