The pollution in Manila's Pasig river was once so bad that in 1990 ecologists declared the river 'biologically dead' Now a very different type of death has come to Pasig
And she says she has seen police officers carrying out a killing in Tondo.
We set off at high speed, passing Malacañang Palace - home to President Rodrigo Duterte - on the way.Ahead of us was a bloated, naked body of a man face down on a rocky shoreline beneath an industrial estate. The body appeared to have red lacerations on his back and stomach. Mr Bautista said it can take months until bodies are collected by families, but most of the time they are left unclaimed. Unless someone comes forward to positively identify him, it is unlikely we'll ever know the true story of how he died.
In June, he entertained an audience of local government officials by recounting the time he forced a corrupt official to eat money or be killed.Mr Duterte came to power in 2016 promising a crackdown on the rampant problem with crystal meth, known locally as"shabu".Duterte drug war: Manila's brutal nightshift
The president says crime in the Philippines has fallen 30% since he came to power, making streets and communities safer.
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