employee
2
farming
2
canteen worker
2
factory worker
2
beautician
1
choreographer
1
own business
1
ice delivery
1
mechanic
1
retail selling (sari-sari store owner)
1
seafarer / OFW
1
sells cooked food
1
student
1
employed, not specified
1
not employed
4
blank / no answer
5
* number does not add to 46 due to multiple answers
The following are additional information on the victim as culled out from the responses of
the interviewees:8
• 12 of the interviewees said their family member were killed in police operations or
suspected police operatives were behind the murder.
• 11 victims were said to be killed vigilantes (“riding in tandem”, “naka-motor”)
• 6 interviewees were not sure whether it was the police or vigilantes who killed the
victim because of the different stories they’ve heard about what happened
• One of the female victims was a “collateral damage”, or a bystander victim of
drugrelated violence. As narrated by the mother (Region I):
Pagka-surrender ng asawa ko sa PNP, may napapansin na kaming nakamotor,
ridingin-tandem. Humihinto sa tapat ng bahay, tinitingnan daw ang anak ko.
Pagkatapos, nag-iistambay sa tabi. Tapos isang araw, nagulat na lang kami, may
humintong motor, unang putok, nakatakbo yung asawa ko, tatlo ang tama niya. Si
M.nasa loob siya noon, nagto-toothbrush kasi papasok ng eskwela. Yung asawa ko
8
Not all interviews touched on the victim’s profile in relation to involvement in drugs, the manner she or he was killed.
See earlier discussion on the scope and limitations of the project in this report.
Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women
March 2019
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