Philippines could bring back hanging

Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has said he aims to bring back death by hanging.

Mr Duterte said he will ask his country’s congress to reimpose the death penalty, which has been suspended since 2006 following opposition from the Roman Catholic church.

The controversial presumptive president, who was making his first policy pronouncements since winning last week’s election based on an unofficial count, said that capital punishment by hanging should be imposed for crimes such as murder, robbery, and rape.