Philippine police officers, not exactly known for their professionalism or sterling reputations, have really outdone themselves this time as the government's commission on human rights has revealed that a number of officers played a so-called "wheel of torture" game on detainees for fun during interrogations.
Detainees, mostly suspected drug traffickers, were subjected to cruel and unusual punishments such as "30 seconds of Manny Pacquiao," a treatment apparently named after the nation's champion boxer which presumably involves quite a beating.
The abuse is said to have occurred at a police intelligence office in Binan City, which held detainees illegally.
Among the other findings, men were hung upside down and assaulted. One man claimed police threatened his relatives.
This latest news isn't a good look for the country's police, whose reputation was sullied in 2010 by a leaked video showing an officer tormenting a naked suspect by yanking on a length of string tied to the man's genitals.
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