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Duterte: I’ve Thrown a Man From Helicopter

And threatens to do it again.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he once threw a Chinese man—who was suspected of rape and murder—out of a moving helicopter. The admission came while he was threatening his own government officials that he would throw them out of helicopters without hesitation. “If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out,” he said. “I have done this before, why would I not do it again?” Earlier this month, Duterte admitted to personally killing alleged criminals while he was mayor of Davao City. United Nations human-rights officials have called for an investigation into Duterte’s claims of extrajudicial killings.