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'Rody aware of ICC ruling vs interim release'
The Philippine Star
|October 13, 2025
Former president Rodrigo Duterte was aware of the rejection by the pretrial judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of his bid for interim release, according to his brother.
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In an interview posted on Alvin and Tourism Facebook page, Duterte's younger brother Bong Duterte said it was the former president who first mentioned the ICC ruling.
“Actually, I did not mention that to him. He mentioned it,” Bong Duterte said, referring to his conversation with the former president during his visit inside the detention cell in The Hague, Netherlands.
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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