'Baste' files kidnapping, graft charges vs Remullas, others over father's arrest

Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte on Monday, Sept. 15, lodged criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman in Davao City against several government officials, accusing them of orchestrating the "illegal arrest" and transfer of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court in March.

- By IVY TEJANO and JEFFREY DAMICOG

In a 160-page affidavit-complaint transmitted to the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao, Mayor Duterte named the respondents as Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juan Victor Remulla, Defense of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Rommel Francisco Marbil, former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) director Police Major Gen. Nicolas Torre III, several other officials from the justice and police sectors, and unnamed pilots and the owner of the Gulfstream G550 that took former President Duterte to The Hague.