Duterte refused fingerprinting and threatened lawsuits during arrest: Philippine police [Video]

Ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened a police general with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law enforcers “you have to kill me to bring me to The Hague” in a tense confrontation after his arrest in Manila that was ordered by the International Criminal Court, a Philippine police general said Thursday.

Police Major-General Nicolas Torre provided details for the first time of Tuesday’s 12-hour standoff at a Philippine air base before he and other police officers managed to bring the 79-year-old former leader onto a government-chartered jet that took him to The Hague, Netherlands, where he was detained by the global court on charges of crimes against humanity.

ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said Thursday in a text message to reporters that Duterte had arrived at the court’s detention centre near the Dutch North Sea coast after undergoing medical checks.

No date has yet been announced for Duterte’s first appearance before ICC judges.

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