DILG Sec. Jonvic Remulla | PHOTO: Official Facebook page of the Office of the Chief PNP

MANILA, Philippines —  Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday suspected a “grand conspiracy” to conceal criminal activities within the Philippine National Police (PNP), noting that an investigation into drug-related operations from 2016 will be conducted.

This was in connection with the recent indictment of 30 PNP officers over an alleged fabricated drug haul in 2022, the Department of the Interior and Local Government chief said on Monday.

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“This is my personal opinion—that there appears to be a grand conspiracy to conceal a criminal enterprise within the PNP,” said Remulla.

“We will go back to 2016 all the way down to 2022… it is our theory, but not proven, that because of the reward system instituted by the PNP when 2016 started, drug hauls were not being reported, and because there was a reward, they would take small amounts and put them there. With the reward, they would have an accomplishment,” he also said in a mix of Filipino and English.

While the Marcos administration has been exerting efforts to attract more green power developments to the market, the sector may be dealing with some hitches as the projects are now “being processed for termination” due to the companies’ failure to meet committed timelines, the agency noted Sunday.

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Remulla was referring to the alleged reward system revealed by retired Police Col. Royina Garma during a House quad committee hearing last October.

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Garma told lawmakers that former President Rodrigo Duterte offered cash rewards for every drug suspect killed in his administration’s war on drugs.

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In the Palace briefing, Remulla was asked whether the DILG and the Department of Justice believe the legitimacy of the supposed reward system.

“I think it was made very clear during the quad comm by [former] PCSO chair Garma that there was a reward system, that there was a corresponding value to every seizure and arrest…killing,” Remulla responded.

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