Share: JAKARTA - On March 11, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila airport and within hours was on a chartered jet which flew to The Hague, Netherlands, where the International Criminal Court (ICC) sits. However, media reports connecting the arrest with red notice are all published by Philippine media, while Interpol has yet to issue any official statement confirming this matter, and no red notice on Duterte can be found on its official website. On March 20, Senator Imee Marcos, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sister of the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., pointed out in a Senate hearing that there was no red notice from the Interpol, only a red diffusion for the arrest of Duterte. This indicates that a non-binding document was used by the Marcos administration to serve as a substitute for the red notice to arrest and extradite Duterte. Since the arrest of Duterte on March 11, his supporters have staged large rallies in Manila and Davao to protest the implementation of the ICC’s arrest order against Duterte and criticize the Philippine government’s contradictory statements regarding the arrest of Duterte. Read Full Story
