Former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte is brought to The Hague according to an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC). His lawyer, Martin Delgra III, said he was on board an airplane that takes him to the Dutch city.
Duterte was arrested a few hours earlier after his arrival from Hong Kong at the international airport in the capital Manila by the Filipino police.
The presidential office of the Southeast Asian country had announced that there was an arrest of the World Court against the 79-year-old. The court in the Hague has not yet published the arrest warrant.
Research into drug war
Duterte was up to the power from 2016 to 2022 and is still controversial because of his brutal war against drug criminals. According to the police, more than 6,000 people were killed during the period in anti-drug operations. Human rights activists are convinced that the real number is much higher.
The World Criminal Court in The Hague started research in 2018. The public prosecutors suspect that dutes of countless murders. So he had encouraged criminal researchers to shoot suspects better than bring himself to life.
Duterte’s successor is working again with The Hague
When the World Criminal Court started research against him in 2018, he announced the resignation of his country of the ICC. His successor, dictator son Ferdinand Marcos Jr., apparently still works with the court in The Hague. This claims that the Duterte -crimes were too bothered before the land leaked from the Istgh statute and was therefore responsible.
Office for office against Dute’s daughter Sara
Duterte’s daughter Sara is currently vice -president among his successor, the dictator son Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The former lawyer Salvador Panelo van Duterte criticized the arrest as illegal and pointed out that the Philippines did not belong to the ICC. The police also prevented a lawyer from meeting his client at the airport.
Source: Krone
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