Duterte heading to The Hague to face ICC charges linked to ‘war on drugs’

Relatives of the victims of his deadly crackdown have called for Duterte to face justice (AP)

A jet that took former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte from Manila landed on Wednesday in the Netherlands, a day after he was arrested on an International Criminal Court warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office.

Rights groups and families of victims hailed Duterte’s arrest.