Dirty Harry of the Philippines

Mayor Lim, a former city police chief known as “Dirty Harry” of the Philippines for his ruthless crackdown against crime. He said his campaign is for the rule of law to apply to everyone “regardless of one’s status, rank or affiliation.”As a former law enforcement officer, he said he would like to see a strong republic where the forces of evil, lawlessness and apathy are vanquished, and where “laws protect the weak against the dominance and abuses of the high and mighty.” — With AFP.