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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila over 'war on drugs' (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au

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"Upon his arrival, the prosecutor general served the ICC notification for an arrest warrant to the former president for the crime of crime against humanity," the government statement said.

"He's now in the custody of authorities."

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[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago

Lets hope that justice prevails and sets precedent for other international arrests of these criminals disguised as leaders.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

Speaking to thousands of overseas Filipino workers there Sunday, the former president decried the investigation, labelling ICC investigators "sons of whores" while saying he would "accept it" if an arrest were to be his fate.

That sounds like a legit criticism from a guy who advocated murdering people. /s

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's still good news but by that title, was hoping he'd ironically been caught with drugs.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Took a long time for the law to catch up to this brutal man.