Duterte had 'nothing to do' with 'destroyed' drug war evidence—counsel

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The legal counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte denied that his client participated in destroying the evidence related to his brutal war on drugs campaign despite claims made by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla.   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/05/duterte-had-nothing-to-do-with-destroyed-drug-war-evidencecounsel  Join this channel to get access to perks:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin   Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin  Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin   #ManilaBulletinOnline  #ManilaBulletin  #LatestNews

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00:00The legal counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte denied that his client participated in

00:08destroying the evidence related to his brutal war on drugs campaign despite claims made by

00:14Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia. In an interview, lawyer Nicholas Kaufman reiterated

00:20that the former president had nothing to do with claims that drug war evidence was destroyed.

00:26Stressing that he doesn't believe such claims, Kaufman refused to give details on the evidence

00:31presented by the prosecutor before the International Criminal Court where the former chief executive

00:36will be tried for charges of crimes against humanity of murder for the thousands of

00:41extrajudicial killings during his administration. Last week, Secretary Remulia claimed that the

00:48government decided not to pursue the drug case against the former president and allowed the

00:52ICC to take over. He said everything that could be erased was erased so that the cases would not

00:59push through. Despite these claims, the ICC prosecutor recently disclosed an additional 1,062 pieces of

01:06evidence to be considered for Duterte's case. The number of evidence that will be used in the

01:12former chief executive's trial has reached more than 100,000 items, including written testimonials

01:18evidence and video recordings.

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