Former President Rodrigo Duterte is arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday, March 11, over a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court.
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00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte is arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
00:06on Tuesday, March 11, over a warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court.
00:12This warrant was served upon his arrival by Philippine Prosecutor General Richard Fadulion,
00:17after which Duterte was brought to Villamor Air Base.
00:20Fadulion tells Rappler, quote, the former president was read his rights and informed
00:25of the charges against him.
00:26Clearly it was read to him that the warrant of arrest issued by the ICC was on the following
00:31charges, crimes against humanity and murder.
00:35The former president faces a crimes against humanity case over his war on drugs campaign
00:40that killed almost 30,000 people based on the tallies by human rights groups.
00:45Before his arrest, Duterte was put on red notice alert by Interpol following the ICC's
00:50release of the warrant.
00:52Duterte is the first Philippine head of state to be arrested through an order by an international
00:56tribunal.
00:57Duterte withdrew the Philippines' membership in the ICC while he was president in 2019
01:02when the court began investigating the allegations.
01:05The ICC coursed Duterte's arrest warrant through Interpol, of which the Philippines
01:10is a member.
01:11Duterte was arrested when he arrived in Manila from Hong Kong, where he spoke at a campaign
01:15event attended by the Filipino community.