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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by constabulary astatine Manila’s world airdrome Tuesday connected bid of nan International Criminal Court successful relationship pinch a lawsuit of crime against humanity revenge against him, nan Philippine authorities said.

Duterte was arrested aft arriving from Hong Kong and constabulary took him into custody connected orders of nan ICC, which has been investigating nan monolithic killings that happened nether nan erstwhile president’s deadly crackdown against forbidden drugs. President Ferdinand Marcos’ agency said successful a statement.

The ICC launched an investigation into supplier killings nether Duterte from Nov. 1, 2011, erstwhile he was still politician of nan confederate metropolis of Davao, to March 16, 2019, arsenic imaginable crimes against humanity. Duterte withdrew nan Philippines successful 2019 from nan Rome Statute successful a move quality authorities activists opportunity was aimed astatine escaping accountability complete nan killings.

The Duterte management moved to suspend nan world court’s investigation successful precocious 2021 by arguing that Philippine authorities were already looking into nan aforesaid allegations, arguing nan ICC — a tribunal of past edifice — didn’t person jurisdiction.

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Appeals judges astatine nan ICC ruled successful July 2023 nan investigation could resume and rejected nan Duterte administration’s objections. Based successful The Hague, nan Netherlands, nan ICC tin measurement successful erstwhile countries are unwilling aliases incapable to prosecute suspects successful nan astir heinous world crimes, including genocide, warfare crimes and crimes against humanity.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who succeeded Duterte successful 2022 and became entangled successful a bitter governmental conflict pinch nan erstwhile president, has decided not to rejoin nan world court. But nan Marcos management has said it would cooperate if nan ICC asks world constabulary to return Duterte into custody done a alleged Red Notice, a petition for rule enforcement agencies worldwide to find and temporarily apprehension a crime suspect.

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