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Philippines' Pacquiao to fight drugs 'the right way' if elected president

Philippine senator and newly retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao waves to supporters as he files his certificate of candidacy for president, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 1, 2021. [Reuters]

Philippines boxing icon and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao said he will welcome an international probe into President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs if elected, and promised to fight narcotics "the right way", with due process, not street shootings.

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