Duterte issues death threat against Peter Lim

President Rodrigo Duterte will kill Cebu businessman and suspected drug lord Peter Lim if they meet.

During a campaign sortie of his political party on Friday, March 8, the President said he would not hesitate to kill Lim wherever he is, be it in the Philippines or in other countries.

Duterte made the remark, as Lim is still nowhere to be found since the latter was indicted for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading.

“Itong Peter Lim na ito, may bahay sa Canada, may bahay sa Bahamas. Ang p ***** i**, may bahay sa Hong Kong (This son of a b **** , Peter Lim, has a home in Canada, Bahamas and Hong Kong),” the President said before his audience in Negros Occidental.

Still missing

“Peter Lim, ‘pag nakita kita maski saan, papatayin kita (if I see you anywhere, I will kill you). And I will go to jail for [that],” he added.

Lim went missing after the Makati Regional Trial Court ordered his arrest for alleged conspiracy with self-confessed drug lord Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, Marcelo Adarco and Ruel Malindangan to commit the illegal drug trade in the Visayas.

Last September, the Justice department offered a P500,000 reward for anyone who could provide information on Lim’s whereabouts.

In July 2016, Duterte accused Lim of being responsible for the rampant narcotics trade in the Visayas, but Lim denied any links to illegal drugs.

Last Feb. 20, the President told Lim to “just commit suicide” instead of surrendering to authorities, cautioning the latter that he would either get killed or placed behind bars for “200 years” if he did.

Duterte believes Lim’s drug network is still “very much alive.”