Drug War Truth Body Questions Doctors' Death Reports
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Drug War Truth Body Questions Doctors' Death Reports

A leading forensic pathologist and member of the Philippines' Truth Commission on the "drug war" has called for investigations into at least five doctors for alleged "miscertification" of causes of death, raising concerns over the accuracy of death tolls in the nation's anti-drug operations.

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