MANILA, Aug. 16 -- House Deputy Minority Leader and Mamamayang Liberal Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima on Saturday called for justice for all the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and for the urgent passage of a measure that seeks to define and penalize EJKs and related acts.

De Lima issued the statement on the eighth anniversary of the killing of Kian delos Santos, who was gunned down on Aug. 16, 2017 in Caloocan City during police operations against illegal drugs.

"Ngayong araw, ginugunita natin ang pagpaslang ng mga miyembro ng kapulisan sa 17-taong gulang na si Kian delos Santos -- isang karumal-dumal na krimen na lalong nagsiwalat at nagmulat sa marami nating kababayan ng karahasan, kapalpakan at kademonyohan ng war on drugs ng...