Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has called out the United Nations and threatened to pull out of the organisation after its criticism of his anti-drugs policies.
According to reports, over 600 drugs suspect has put to death since July but local media suggest the actual number could be over a thousand when vigilante killings are taken into account.
Last week, two UN human rights experts urged Duterte to stop the killings, saying they amounted to a human right crime under international law.
President Duterte during a late-night news conference yesterday denied the government was responsible and declared; "I will prove to the world that you are a very stupid expert,".
He urged the UN to also consider the number of innocent lives lost to drugs, before laying into the organisation in a typically expletive-laden tirade.
He also said the UN should not worry about the bones of criminals piling up, but instead do more on issues such as hunger, terrorism and conflict in Syria and Iraq.
The president added; "Maybe we'll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations. If you are that disrespectful, son of a whore, then I will just leave you,".
"I would invite everybody. I would invite maybe China, the African (nations),".
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