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Philippines vows to hand fugitive senator to ICC following shootout

Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa wanted for alleged role as top enforcer in ex-president Duterte’s deadly drug war.

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Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa wanted for alleged role as top enforcer in ex-president Duterte’s deadly drug war. The Philippines has pledged to cooperate with a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to detain a prominent politician who evaded arrest earlier this week as he fled the Senate building despite efforts by the army to arrest him and reports of gunfire.

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