00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte will be immediately sent to a detention facility.
00:05It's time for him to be turned over to the ICC in The Hague.
00:10The former president will be a cell there for the execution of Rafi Tima.
00:19More than 24 hours after he was arrested,
00:22he was taken on a plane and was flown out of the country.
00:26Former President Rodrigo Duterte is still on a trip to The Hague in the Netherlands.
00:31Earlier this morning at 8 a.m. Philippine time,
00:33the Gulfstream G550 Jet stopped over in Dubai to refuel.
00:39But before 4 p.m. on the same day the plane took off to Rotterdam in The Hague Airport,
00:44according to a source, the former president's family asked the Philippine Embassy in The Netherlands
00:49to send him to The Hague.
00:51But the ICC did not agree because of security issues.
00:55Based on the protocol,
00:56the former president will be turned over by the CIDG from the plane to the ICC.
01:02From the airport, he will be immediately taken to the ICC detention facility
01:05in the Chevening and Section of the Hague Penitentiary Institution in The Hague.
01:08The high wall of the penitentiary is complete with barbed wire, electric fence,
01:12and three CCTV cameras.
01:15Inside the facility, there is another wall that looks like a castle.
01:19Based on the ICC website, the detention center is complete with facilities.
01:23The detainee has his own cell.
01:25The cell has its own CR, table, bed, television, and intercom.
01:31The detainee also has access to the gym, sports facilities, kitchen, and computer.
01:36Based on the protocol,
01:37the former president will be booked in the cell.
01:41The former Liberian President Charles Taylor,
01:45who is also accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes,
01:48was also assisted in the facility.
01:51He is currently traveling to The Hague.
01:53In the news of this afternoon to Atty. Salvador Panelo,
01:56he said that the vice president agreed to get a bodyguard from the former president in the ICC.
02:02If a defendant is in the custody of the ICC,
02:05the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 will schedule a hearing
02:07so that the defendant in their custody will not be accused in the case.
02:13The hearing will last for a week for confirmation of charges
02:17and if there is a sufficient basis for it to stand as a case.
02:20If Duterte's trial continues,
02:22it is possible that he is the first Asian-headed state to be tried by the ICC.
02:27According to International Criminal Court,
02:29Assistant to Counsel, Atty. Cristina Conti,
02:31the fastest trial in a case of crimes against humanity is two years
02:35and can last for eight years.
02:38For GMA Integrated News,
02:40Raffy Tima for Tutok,
02:4124 Hours.
02:50For GMA Integrated News, Raffy Tima for Tutok,
02:5124 Hours.
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