MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Sunday her office has kidnapped witnesses to the killing of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos during an alleged drug raid by Caloocan City policemen last week.

The Akbayan senator described Kian’s fate as “extrajudicial killing” despite the fact that  investigation of the incident was still going on.

Hontiveros says she does not believe in the principle of  “innocent until proven guilty.”

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles what her office plans to do to the kidnapped witnesses, she said she will conduct brainwashing sessions to make sure that their testimony will be consistent with her theory of extrajudicial killing.