Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte speaks contained in the Southorn Stadium throughout a thanksgiving gathering organized by Hong Kong-based Filipino employees for the previous populist president in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photograph/Vernon Yuen)
MANILA, Philippines — Palace confirmed on Tuesday that the Worldwide Prison Police Group (Interpol) – Manila acquired the official copy of the warrant of arrest from the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC) towards former President Rodrigo Duterte.
“Kaninang madaling araw, natanggap ng Interpol Manila ang official copy ng warrant of arrest mula sa Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC),” the Presidential Communications Workplace (PCO) stated in an announcement.
(Early this morning, Interpol Manila acquired the official copy of the warrant of arrest from the Worldwide Prison Court docket.)
Duterte arrived again in Manila from Hong Kong round 10:30 a.m.
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Upon his arrival, the Prosecutor Basic Richard Anthony Fadullon served the ICC notification for an arrest warrant towards the previous president for his alleged crimes towards humanity throughout his administration’s drug warfare.
“Ang courting Pangulo at ang kanyang grupo ay nasa mabuting kalusugan at sinuri ng mga physician ng gobyerno. Sinigurado na siya ay nasa maayos na kalagayan,” the PCO stated.
(The previous president and his group are in good well being and had been examined by authorities medical doctors to make sure his well-being.)
“Ang mga opisyal ng PNP [Philippine National Police] na nagpatupad ng warrant ay tiniyak na might suot na physique digital camera,” it added.
(PNP officers who served the warrant ensured they had been carrying physique cameras.)
Duterte is at present within the custody of authorities.
Duterte has been making headlines as soon as once more after experiences saying that an Interpol crimson discover has already been issued towards him.
He’s going through a case on the ICC for crimes towards humanity allegedly dedicated throughout the bloody warfare on medicine of his administration.
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Based mostly on experiences, Duterte’s warfare on medicine left at the least 6,000 folks lifeless; nonetheless, human rights teams reported that the quantity might have reached 20,000.
