Duterte’s Presidential Office is using a comic book to back his war on drugs in the Philippines.

It is Friday in a call center in the Philippines and two workers — we will call them Rick and Mark — discuss going out for a drink. Rick is hesitant, but Mark insists by saying that Mona, another colleague, will also come. Once at  the party, Rick feels insecure about talking to Mona and Mark offers him some drugs to “boost his confidence.” They both use them.

From there, Mona is raped and killed by the two friends. When police surround them days later, Rick surrenders peacefully while Mark, armed with a gun, tries to resist. Five bullets pierce his skull and body.

This is one of the stories portrayed in the comic “Ayun Kay Digong” (“According to Digong”), a  reference to the nickname of the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. At the end of the story, Duterte looks at the readers with a stern face and declares, “Drugs are really a plague on society.”