Spin the wheel raggedy man

[Peter Barton]

Real life, sometimes stranger than fiction...

Philippine cops accused by Amnesty International of using 'wheel of torture'

PHILIPPINE police officers played a "wheel of torture" game to have fun and punish criminal suspects during interrogations, including bouts of punching named after boxing star Manny Pacquiao, human rights officials and activists claim.

Under the game, detainees -- mostly suspected drug traffickers -- were punched if the "torture wheel" stopped at "20 seconds Manny Pacman," Pacquiao's nickname, or hung upside down if it stopped at a punishment called "30-second bat," Amnesty International said. The London-based rights group called the practice despicable.

A picture of the multi-coloured wheel provided by the Commission on Human Rights showed several other tortures, including "3 minutes zombies" and "30-second duck walk/ferris wheel" but it was not immediately clear how those punishments were carried out.

http://www.news.com.au/world/philippine ... 6812526206

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Brings new meaning to "bust a deal and face the wheel"