'ICC notifies Phl gov't of EJK suspects, led by Bato'

Former police chiefs Sen. Ronald dela Rosa and Oscar Albayalde, along with three other former and current police officials, have been formally tagged as suspects in the ongoing drug war investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said yesterday.

- JANVIC MATEO and EMMANUEL TUPAS

Trillanes released portions of a four-page document purportedly released by the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) on July 3.

He said the confidential document, which The STAR is still trying to independently verify, was sent to the Philippine government through its embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.

Based on the document released by Trillanes on his social media accounts, the ICC OTP supposedly found “reasonable grounds to believe” that five former and current officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) “have committed crimes within” its jurisdiction. Former president Rodrigo Duterte, meanwhile, is the principal suspect, Trillanes said.

Dela Rosa was the first PNP chief under the Duterte administration and the implementor of the former president’s war on drugs.