Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines in 2016.

He came to power on the strength of a campaign that promised execution of drug dealers and other criminals.

In his first 18 months in office, 12,000 people were murdered on the streets, gunned down by police officers and vigilante citizens — all with his encouragement.

Duterte is a serial womaniser and a self-confessed killer.

Yet he is beloved of many of the 16.6 million Filipinos, who voted for him who see him as an iconoclastic, anti-imperialist rebel.

Further information

Duterte Harry: Fire and Fury in the Philippines is published by Scribe