27-05-2017 14:45 via yahoo.com

Philippines' Duterte jokes about rape amid concern over martial law abuses

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to reassure soldiers who might be accused of committing abuses under martial law, and jokingly said that if any of them were to rape three women, he would personally claim responsibility for it.Duterte is notorious for comments often deemed offensive and intended the remark as a joke, reiterating that only he would be liable for any backlash over military rule on southern Mindanao island."I'll imprison you myself," he said, referring to any soldie
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