00:00Every day, Grandmother Purisima Dacumos tidies this room in a poor Manila neighborhood for her family of 12.
00:12This has been her home for 35 years.
00:16With nowhere else to go, she stayed even after police killed her husband here eight years ago.
00:30Her husband, Danilo, a construction worker, was one of thousands of people, mostly from impoverished areas, killed without trial in a war on drugs waged by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:54Now, Dacumos could finally get her day in court.
00:59Not here in the Philippines, but at the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, which tries crimes of international concern.
01:10Duterte is now in ICC custody, accused of crimes against humanity.
01:17The former president, unwavering and resolute, even in the face of his arrest.
01:24At sinasabi ko naman sa mga polis, military, na trawaho kayo, at ako ang managot.
01:36So ito na nga.
01:36During his six years in power to 2022, Duterte said slaughtering drug dealers and users was necessary to save the Philippines.
01:49Former President Duterte still has widespread support among many in the Philippines who say he made them feel safer.
01:56In neighborhoods like this one, residents say drug dealing was a visible problem here, but that the crime rate went down during his time in power.
02:07Many here say they wish Duterte was still in charge.
02:10We're very safe noong the 30th time kasi, diba, makakatulog ka ng mahimbing, walang mga magnanakaw.
02:21Sa drugs po, mas lumala. Mas lumala ngayon, unlike noong kay Tatay Digong pag sinabing, may kasalanan yan, drug addict yan, patay nyo.
02:30Ngayon po, parang drug addict yan, oh sige, mabuhay lang kayong payapa.
02:34But the current government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the crime rate has fallen.
02:41He's also cracking down on drug use, but unlike his predecessor, the focus is on securing convictions and not killing suspects.
02:51That's a clear difference from Duterte's drug war.
02:54Activists say up to 30,000 people were killed, but only four cases are known to have led to convictions,
03:02including that of Mary Ann Domingo.
03:06A court found four low-ranking police officers guilty of homicide for the killings of her husband and son.
03:14Those officers are out on bail as they appeal their convictions.
03:18Dito, dito parang pakiramdam ko eh, hindi ko maabot ang hostesya hanggang papel na lang ba.
03:26Kasi dito alus ang mga, ang madaling makakuha ng hostesya, yung mga mayyaman lang, pero yung mga mahirap.
03:37Parang ang hirap-hirap namin abutin ang hostesya.
03:39Domingo hopes Duterte's arrest means justice is closer, but she feels sadness that she and other families have to seek it in another country,
03:50far from the homes that have been forever tainted by the killings of their loved ones.
03:57Luffy Lee, Joseph Wu, David Santos and Louise Watt in Manila for Taiwan Plus.
04:03Luffy Lee, Joseph Wu, David Santos and Louise Watt in Manila for Taiwan,
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