The Philippine justice minister has ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court and says authorities have leads on his whereabouts, a day after a court denied his bid to prevent his arrest.
Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, the former police chief and lead enforcer of former President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs, would be tracked down and anyone helping him evade arrest would "face consequences", Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida said.
"Senator Bato is a fugitive from justice," he told a media conference on Thursday.
