Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
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Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 dead



Tue 11 Mar 2025 12.07 EDT

First published on Mon 10 Mar 2025 23.39 EDT



The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has left Manila on a plane headed to The Hague, hours after he was served with an arrest warrant from the international criminal court over the killings resulting from his .**  
**President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told a press conference that a plane carrying Duterte took off at 11.03pm local time on Tuesday. “The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, allowing the former president to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation to his bloody war on drugs,” he said.

Duterte’s youngest daughter, Veronica Duterte, said on social media that the plane had been used to “kidnap” her father.

  
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