MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week reopened its inquiry on the Duterte drug war after pausing it in November 2021, on Manila’s assurance that it was re-examining hundreds of cases of deadly drug operations involving the police and government agents.
With the previous administration admitting to more than 6,000 killings in violent drug raids, government officials are now in a mad scramble to block the ICC probe.
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