Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has dismissed national police chief Nicolas Torre III after just 84 days in the role, following a dispute over authority within the force stemming from his defiance of the National Police Commission.
The move ends the brief, high-profile tenure of a police chief who had led headline-grabbing arrests and become a public figure in his own right.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced Torre’s removal in a brief two-paragraph order on Monday evening…
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