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Former Filipin President Rodrigo Duterte was detained under the arrest warrant published by the International Criminal Court after a deadly drug suppression, which resulted in the death of thousands of mostly poor Philippines across the country of Southeast Asia.
Duterte79, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila immediately after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, the Communications Office Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos JR said in a statement.
Police arrested Duterte after Interpol Manila received an official copy of an arrest warrant issued by ICC for “crimes against humanity,” Marcos’s office said.
Duterte launched a “war against drugs” After taking over his duty in 2016. Suppression of illegal narcotics has become his signature policy. The campaign aimed at doubt about drug dealers and users across the country and launched a global alarm because of out -of -court killings.
More than 6,200 Philippines were killed in action, according to the Filipin government, but the groups for the rights say that official tolls underestimate the number of lives lost.
UN High Commissioner’s Office for Human Rights estimated the number of deaths With 8,663 in the 2020 report, although he also noted that other groups put a toll over more than a triple number.
In 2018, ICC began a preliminary investigation into allegations of extra -judicial killings during drug surgery.
Duterte withdrew the Philippines from the ICC after the probe began, but the management of Marcos, who inherited Duterte as president, indicated that he would cooperate with the court.
Two powerful political families are engaged in a bitter quarrel. Duterte’s daughter Sara serves as Marcos’s vice president.
Last year, Sara Duterte said she hired the assassin to kill Marcos, although she had since tried to return those comments. A proposal for Imperatin was filed against her for threat.
