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(CNN)President Obama had better think twice about raising the issue of Philippine extra-judicial killings, warned the country's confrontational leader on Monday.

The US president and his Philippines counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, were set to meet in Laos this week, where Obama is attending a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders. White House officials previously saidObama would confront the Philippines President about his country's handling of drug dealers,including extra-judicial killings, or government executions without the benefit of judicial proceedings or due process.