菲律宾警察总长表示，新总统罗德里戈•杜特尔特(Rodrigo Duterte)上台后，不断升级的禁毒战争已造成近1800人死亡。
An escalating war on drugs in the Philippines has led to almost 1,800 deaths under new president Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s police chief has said.
菲律宾参议院一委员会就国内发生的法外处决事件举行了听证会，罗纳德•德拉罗萨(Ronald Dela Rosa)在会上表示，自7月1日杜特尔特就任总统后，有712人在警方缉毒行动中被杀，还有1067起死亡正被作为与毒品相关的自告奋勇者杀人案件在调查中。
At a Senate committee hearing on extrajudicial executions in the Philippines, Ronald Dela Rosa said 712 people had been killed in police anti-narcotics operations since July 1, the day after Mr Duterte assumed the presidency, while 1,067 deaths were being investigated as drug-related vigilante killings.
这一新数据公布之际，杜特尔特正抵御国内外对其禁毒运动的指责，已有60万名潜在嫌疑人向当局自首。
The new figures come as Mr Duterte fends off criticism at home and abroad over his anti-drugs campaign, which has seen 600,000 potential suspects voluntarily turn themselves in to authorities.
联合国表示，菲律宾总统发起的禁毒战争存在人权问题。周日杜特尔特因此向联合国发起抨击，并表示菲律宾可能离开联合国，转而与中国和非洲国家组成一个新机构。
The president lashed out at the UN on Sunday for voicing human rights concerns over his war on drugs, saying the Philippines might leave the organisation and form a new body with China and African nations.