MANILA, Philippines -- Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Tuesday slammed the ouster of Senator Leila de Lima as chair of the committee on justice and human rights, likening it to an “extrajudicial killing.”

“The premeditated removal of De Lima was a summary punishment for her crusade to stop the proliferation of a culture of violence,” Lagman said. “It is a blockage of the search for truth.”

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