Trolling, attacks may lead to additional charges in ICC

Additional charges may be filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) if online trolling and attacks against victims and other parties involved in the case can be traced back to the camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte, according to one of the lawyers representing the drug war victims.

- JANVIC MATEO

"We can tell the court that there are attacks, etc. One, as a manifestation. Second, as a possible additional... offenses against the administration of justice,” ICC Assistant to Counsel Kristina Conti said in an interview with The STAR’s online show “Truth on the Line.”

“But I would say that the standards are high… Intimidation of witnesses, attacks on the court. Generally anything that will hinder the administration of justice for the court to do its work, or if you ask the court to not do its work or to do its work improperly and so forth,” she added.

Fake news peddlers intensified their activities last week following Duterte’s arrest and subsequent surrender to the ICC.