MANILA —  The wife of an alleged extrajudicial killing (EJK) victim said on Tuesday she welcomes the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, saying this was a step closer for them to receiving the justice they long waited for.

Jane Lee, wife of EJK victim Michael Lee, said she even doubted the rumors of Duterte getting arrested on Tuesday and said she will only believe them when she sees it herself.

"May naririnig na nga po ako na aarestuhin ngayong araw na ito pero para sakin to see is to believe. Pero nung nalaman ko talaga na naaresto na siya, talagang naglulu-lundag ako sa tuwa na hindi ko alam kung ano 'yung mararamdaman ko," Jane said in an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo's Isyu Spotted.

"Sabi ko na lang, 'sa wakas ito na yung matagal ko nang hinihintay' at matagal nang hinihintay ng mga pamilya," she added.

After a while, she said she reminded herself to calm down because Duterte's arrest does not equate into them getting the justice they seek.

"Di naman po talaga nagtatapos sa pag-aresto lang sa kaniya. Alam po namin na... malayo pa po ang tatakbuhin ng hinihingi naming hustisya," she said.

She also shared that even her children were not able to believe it at first that Duterte was arrested.

Jane said that even though they were glad that the former president was arrested, they still lament who they lost and the future that they could have had with their loved ones.

"Sa pagitan ng makapangyarihan at mahihirap, napakalaki ng pagkakaiba. Buti pa siya inaresto siya, samantalang yung asawa ko at iba pang biktima  binaril na lang, pinatay na lang nang ganon-ganon lang," she said.

"Kaya hindi rin namin masabi na sobrang saya namin dahil para sa amin kahit na maging matagumpay ito, kami pa rin 'yung talo [dahil sa] hirap na dinanas ng pamilya, naulila 'yung mga anak. 'Yun din 'yung pinanghahawakan kong lakas kung bakit hindi ako sumusuko na manawagan na sana makamit namin ang katarungan," she added.

According to Jane, her husband was killed during Duterte's bloody war on drugs wherein he was accused of being a drug user and was gunned down by a riding in tandem near their home in North Caloocan.

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