Manila, Philippines - Republic of
PHILIPPINE HEARING INTO POLICE DRUG LINKS.
Filipino Mary "Rosebud" Ong (R) talks to Hernando Perez (L), Secretary
of Justice and military intelligence chief Colonel Victor Corpus during
a Philippine senate committee hearing in Manila August 29, 2001 on
alleged links between senior police officers and drug lords operating
in Hong Kong. Ong, who said she was former police undercover agent,
refused to name some of the officers allegedly involved in drug
trafficking because she feared they might retaliate by harming her
family.
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