A man who played dead before fleeing the scene of a bloody drug raid conducted by the Quezon City police in 2016 was acquitted of charges that he fought back, or 'nanlaban,' an allegation made by the law enforcers when they discovered that he was still alive. In a decision issued on Friday, a local court cleared Efren Morillo, of Barangay Payatas, in the case of direct assault filed by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD). A legal advocacy group that helped Morillo challenge the QCPD hailed the decision as 'proof that truth will prevail' about the brutal drug war ordered by then President Rodrigo Duterte.

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