Squid tactics of Duterte: He pretends to use Tokhang methods against his own ninja cops involved in the drug trade. In fact, he is merely reminding the police officers that even they can suffer Tokhang if they do not follow his illegal orders to kill citizens without bothering to secure judicial warrants of arrest.

However, the biggest thing that the Duterte squid tactics is trying to obscure is that Duterte has been building his own drug empire in collaboration with his compadre Peter Lim, his own son Paolo and other high level drug smugglers. Thus, the drug problem has become more rampant under the Duterte regime.