“We never had such a violation of human rights. In fact, we have had no human rights case here in the Philippines, even to this day.”

Quoted in "Imelda (2003) and in " Director fights for Imelda movie http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3873991.stm", BBC News (7 July 2004).

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