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He’s instructed law enforcement agencies, or hit squads depending on the observer, to disrupt illegal drug and gambling organizations. Duterte’s “shoot first, ask questions later” approach has led to the deaths of roughly 6,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But with Lam, Duterte is trying to give an appearance of diplomacy and reasoning. Duterte told reporters this week that Lam has made contact and is willing to negotiate in order to evade criminal charges.<\/p>\n
“He only pays one percent, but the rest of the guys there are paying 10 percent,” Rodrigo said, as reported by The Philippines Star. “Because he has offered to come back, pay his tax bill, liabilities, whatever . . . I said, just pay taxes, don’t bribe anybody.”<\/p>\n
Duterte said he would allow Lam to renew his casino operations once Lam pays up on his alleged bill. Lam has issued no statement on the proceedings.<\/p>\n
Will Trump Play<\/b><\/h2>\n
Duterte became the president of the Philippines in June, and over the past six months, world leaders have struggled with how to handle the ruthless leader. In October, President Obama cancelled a scheduled meeting with the Filipino president\u00a0after Duterte said Obama can “go to hell.”<\/p>\n
But Duterte has spoken favorably of President-elect Donald Trump, likely due to the future 45th president’s willingness to work with Vladimir Putin. Duterte favors relations with China and Russia over the United States.<\/p>\n
Duterte claims he recently spoke to Trump on the telephone, and that the incoming president is supportive of his violent regime.<\/p>\n
\n“I could sense a good rapport, an animated President-elect Trump,” Duterte told reporters. “He was wishing me success in my campaign against the drug problem.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jack Lam is a wanted man in the Philippines, and the Southeast Asian island country is trying to entice the Chinese citizen to return by revoking the casino license at his Fontana Hot Spring Leisure Parks resort in Clark. Filipino authorities are accusing Lam of operating illegal online gaming websites without the appropriate permits. Lam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":42638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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