KOTA KINABALU: Culling crocodiles in areas where they pose danger is the only option left for Sabah wildlife rangers as relocating the reptiles or putting them into farms could no longer be done.
i was only three months mayor. duterte said he gunned down three people while the mayor to set an example for his officers. but in media interviews he said he doesn t remember this man and denies ordering vigilante killings. for several years he was in official witness protection and now that duterte is president he is in hiding. we meet at a safe house several hours from manila. he has moved several times in the last year. i was told to cut the body parts in to pieces, he says. he claims they dumped bodies in crocodile farms, in the streets and even many mass graves. but those graves have never been found. why are you the only one who has come forward? he says, many of them are scared. if we try to change we re killed. so you think if they find you, they ll kill you?
ma matobato claims they dumped bodies in crocodile farms, in the streets, even in mass graves, but those graves have never been found. why are you the only one who has come forward? he says, many of them are scared. if we try to change, we re killed. so you think if they find you, they ll kill you? they will kill me, he says, because now their secrets have been revealed. matobato says he s eager to confess his sins to shine a light on the dark reality behind the president s deadly drug war. will ripley, cnn, manilla. now to another especially bloody chapter in recent history and the ruthless dictator behind it. iraq s saddam hussein. he was hanged for crimes against humanity. it will be ten years ago tomorrow. his nearly quarter century in power ended by the u.s.-led