Philippines' top cop resigns amid scandal

By Ellen Cruz
Updated October 14 2019 - 3:43pm, first published 3:39pm
Oscar Albayalde, the head of the Philippine National Police, has resigned amid a drugs scandal.
Oscar Albayalde, the head of the Philippine National Police, has resigned amid a drugs scandal.

The head of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the chief implementer of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, has stepped down ahead of his retirement, amid allegations that he protected men of his who had been linked to illegal drugs in 2013.