Philippine Poor Hit Early in Duterte-inspired Crackdown

In a crackdown bearing the Philippine president-elect's name, police have rounded up hundreds of children or their parents to enforce a night curfew for minors, and taken away drunk and shirtless men roaming metropolitan Manila's slums. The poor, who were among Rodrigo Duterte's strongest supporters, are getting a foretaste of the war against crime he has vowed to wage. During a surprise sweep witnessed by The Associated Press last week, a girl who appeared to be about 10...

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