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The Philippine justice minister on Friday urged police to abort a manhunt of dozens of potentially dangerous convicts freed in error, fearing possible violence after the president offered big bounties to kill or capture them. The release of so many criminals guilty of violent offences under a programme to reward good behaviour has been a huge embarrassment for President Rodrigo Duterte, a former prosecutor who won an election by promising to stamp out crime. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra wanted police to stand down after the midnight expiry of Duterte’s deadline for inmates to turn themselves in, as the number of those who reported to authorities roughly matched the 1,700 serious offenders freed.
Source: yahoo.com/news
