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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Philippine politician wanted by ICC flees senate after days holed up in building

A person holds a cardboard cutout of a crying face above a sign reading 'ARREST BATO!' at a crowded protest.
An activist displays a sign with a slogan calling for the arrest of Philippine senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, during a protest outside the Philippine senate on Wednesday. Photograph: Noel Celis/Reuters

A Philippine lawmaker wanted by the international criminal court for his alleged role enforcing Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs crackdown has secretly fled the senate after spending days holed up in the building to avoid arrest.

The senate president, Alan Peter Cayetano, confirmed to the media that senator Ronald dela Rosa was “no longer in the building” after reports that he had slipped out of the heavily guarded building before dawn.

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