Ex-president Duterte questions ICC arrest warrant, demands answers for ‘deprivation of liberty’

Manila Bulletin

Former President Rodrigo Duterte questions the legality of his arrest after police served an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant on Tuesday.  The warrant, citing crimes against humanity linked to his administration’s war on drugs, was enforced upon his return to Manila.

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00:00for detention and the basis for detention. So what is the law and what is the crime that

00:14I committed? Show to me now the legal basis for my being here. As I, apparently I was

00:26brought here not of my own volition. It's somebody else's. Kung hindi ibang tao, ikaw

00:36siguro because this is your structure. So you have to answer now for the deprivation

01:48Pagdating sa trial gan, tatawagin kita sa witness tan, nabihin ko you are the person

02:00who arrested me. May I know the reason why? Have you read the documents or at least have

02:11you read the case at that time when you were arrested? So that you would be guided to what

02:19you should know.

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