If you’re a street vendor and turn down an police extortion attempt in the Philippines and you could be dead in a week.
If you report it for sure you will be dead.
And this type of behavior goes up to the generals, who control the import and export of drugs - called Shabu. They network it through their contacts in the police precincts.
Oh, but yes, its such a friendly country (if they think you are a tourist with money).
So the War on Drugs is actually a police economic zone?
Are you now in the Philippines? If not, when were you, where and for how long?