Arroyo orders weekly burning of drugs

Arroyo orders weekly burning of drugs

PHILIPPINES: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered on Saturday the weekly public burning of substances seized in a crackdown on illegal drugs, to prevent corrupt law enforcers from reselling the narcotics.

She also ordered the pictures of suspected drug traffickers, along with details like their names, addresses and passport numbers for foreigners, splashed across newspapers and TV so the public could get involved.

"Let us put a face and identity to these people," Arroyo told about 300 students, government officials and anti-narcotics agents who attended an anti-drug rally at the presidential palace.

"Let us get the Filipino people, the public involved in hunting them down," she said. -- AP