00:00I am about to land in Sagaig.
00:07The former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is in the custody of the International
00:12Criminal Court.
00:14He was arrested in Manila on charges of crimes against humanity relating to his years-long
00:18war on drugs.
00:20Here's a closer look at what brought us to this point.
00:23In issuing the warrant, the judges have found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Duterte
00:30has committed the crime of murder as the founder, as the head of the so-called Davao death squad,
00:41as the mayor of Davao City, and then later as the president of the Philippines.
00:47Duterte swept to power in mid-2016, promising to rid the country of drugs.
00:53Hitler massacred 3 million Jews.
00:57Now, there is 3 million, there's a 3 million drug addicts, there are.
01:05I'd be happy to slaughter them.
01:08Security services were given shoot-to-kill orders and offered bounties for the bodies
01:12of drug dealers.
01:14Duterte himself told ordinary Filipinos to kill drug users.
01:18The addicts there, you are the only ones who will die.
01:23If it's his son, you are the one who will die.
01:27If it's his son, you are the one who will die so that it won't be too painful.
01:33The ICC began an initial probe into alleged drug war killings in 2018.
01:38Shortly afterwards, Duterte pulled Manila out of the court.
01:42But the tribunal has ruled that crimes committed before the 2019 withdrawal remain under its
01:48jurisdiction.
01:49Rights groups estimate the campaign killed tens of thousands, most of them poor men,
01:54often without proof they had links to drugs.
01:57Why is it like that?
01:59We have a prison, we have a municipality, we have a prison.
02:02Why didn't they put my son there?
02:04Even if my son is in prison, he's still alive.
02:07But they put him there.
02:10Look at him.
02:12That night.
02:14Current President Ferdinand Marcos initially ruled out cooperating with the probe, but
02:19his stance shifted as the alliance between the two powerful families unraveled.
02:23Duterte could now become the first Asian former head of state to face an ICC trial.
02:29President Duterte deserves a fair trial, a privilege and a right that he denied thousands
02:36of people himself when he had them gunned down on the accusations that they were drug
02:44users, but he will get a fair trial.
02:46At a recent rally in Hong Kong, Duterte insisted the tribunal lacked jurisdiction and claimed
02:52his actions during the drug war were meant to, quote, provide a semblance of peace and
02:56quiet for Filipinos.
02:59He has since said he is prepared to take responsibility for his actions.
03:04For justice system!
03:10Supporters rallied in The Hague to demand his release, but others have welcomed the
03:14arrest, including those who lost family members during his bloody crackdown.
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