REPORT ON INVESTIGATED KILLINGS
IN RELATION TO THE ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN
GLOSSARY
AIDSOTF, RAIDSOTG, DAIDSOTG/PAIDSOTG/CAIDSOTG, SAIDSOTG
Components of the PNP’s Anti-Illegal Drugs Units that conduct operations in accordance
with Republic Act (RA) No. 9165 and other laws or regulations relating to drug
enforcement.
Asset
A person used by the police as a source of information. In the context of the drug war,
they are often used to identify targets of operations. This includes “confidential
informant” defined in the Revised PNP Manual on Anti-illegal Drugs Operations and
Investigation as “any person who either furnishes information regarding illegal drugs
trafficking or perform an activity under the specific direction of the police or other
authorized personnel.”1
CHR EJK Composite Investigation Team
Investigation Team constituted under the control of the EJK Task Force tasked to conduct
preliminary investigation and documentation of deaths resulting from the One-Time,
Big Time Anti-Illegal Drug Operations.2
CHR National Task Force Against Extrajudicial Killings (EJK Task Force)
Task Force constituted by the Commission on Human Rights,3 tasked to document,
monitor, and come up with a database on extrajudicial killings.
Drug List
A list of names of identified or reported drug dependent cases and/or suspected
participants in the illegal drug trade. The list is usually issued by the Barangay AntiDrug Abuse Council (BADAC) and/or the local PNP station.
Drug-Related
An incident or a victim which has actual or perceived link to illegal drugs or to the
State's anti-illegal drug campaign.
An incident is considered to be drug-related when the incident has occurred in the
context of the administration’s anti-illegal drug campaign, when drugs were found on
the crime scene, when the location of the incident was allegedly a drug den, or when
writing found on the scene attribute link to the victim.
A victim is considered to have link to illegal drugs when there exists any allegation that
the victim is a user, a pusher, a runner, courier, or messenger, a police asset, a drug
personality, was included in a drug list, previously surrendered to authorities for illegal
drug involvement, was previously charged/arrested/detained/or convicted under
Republic Act 9165, visited a drug den, when the victim is affiliated with or related to
someone who is alleged to have links, or when there are any other allegation analogous
to the above mentioned links.
1
PNPM-D-0-2-14 (DO), Glossary of Terms.
2
Memorandum issued by the Office of the Chairperson, dated 31 August 2017.
3
CHR (V) Resolution No. AM 2016-092.
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