South China Morning Post
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Philippine lawmaker holes up in Senate as ICC confirms drug war warrant
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Philippine Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, sought by the ICC for alleged crimes during Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, has taken refuge in the Senate building, which is providing him protection under parliamentary privilege rules.
Philippine lawmaker holes up in Senate as ICC confirms drug war warrant
A sitting Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war took refuge inside the Senate on Monday to avoid arrest by government agents.
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, the country’s one-time police chief, was under the Senate’s protection “in accordance with our rules and Philippine laws”, newly elected Senate President and Duterte ally Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters.
“We will allow an arrest under the condition that it is a
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