Rodrigo Duterte was taken to The Hague, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity. Photo: Reuters
Rodrigo Duterte was taken to The Hague, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity. Photo: Reuters
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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte threatened a police general with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers “you’ll have to kill me to bring me to The Hague” in a tense confrontation after his arrest in Manila that was ordered by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Philippine police general said yesterday.
Police Major General Nicolas Torre provided details for the first time of Tuesday’s 12-hour standoff at a Philippine air base before he and other officers managed to bring the 79-year-old former leader on to a government-chartered jet that took him to The Hague, in the Netherlands, where he was detained by the global court on charges of crimes against humanity.