; and a weak and overburdened criminal justice system . (3) On January 31, 2017, Amnesty International reported, Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016, there has been a relentless campaign of violence against alleged drug offenders, incited by the President and his administration. More than 7,000 people have been killed, roughly one-third during formal police operations and the rest by unknown shooters who often arrive masked and on motorbike to kill specific people. . (4) Human Rights Watch has reported that since President Duterte took office, police and unidentified gunmen together have killed more than 7,000 suspected drug users and dealers, with police officials themselves claiming to have killed almost 3,000 in encounters with supposed drug sellers or users. The police have attributed 3,271 other killings to vigilantes and drug gangs, although Human Rights Watch research suggests that many of these cases may also entail police and police agent involvement in extrajudicial executions. (5) On February 14, 2017, national police chief Ronald Dela Rosa announced that he was suspending anti-narcotics operations after a South Korean businessman was killed at national police headquarters. (6) On February 23, 2017, an arrest warrant was issued against Philippines Senator Leila de Lima for alleged involvement in drug trafficking. The prosecution of de Lima came following her repeated criticism of the Duterte administration for its conduct of the drug war, her holding of Senate hearings where alleged former members of a death squad testified that Duterte participated in extrajudicial killings in Davao City when he was mayor, and repeated threats against her from Duterte and his allies. (7) On December 16, 2016, Reuters reported, China isn’t only a source of meth expertise—it is also the biggest source of the meth and of the precursor chemicals used to produce the synthetic drug that are being smuggled into the Philippines, according to local drug enforcement officials. It’s safe to say that the