President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to cancel their planned purchase of some 26,000 M-4 assault rifles from the U.S. The deal was earlier stopped by the U.S. State Department after a U.S. senator voiced concerns over human rights violations in the Philippines. - The World Tonight, ANC, November 7, 2016
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