Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines ex-leader on plane to the Hague after arrest

The ICC accuses him of "crimes against humanity" in a drugs crackdown that left thousands dead.

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He was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at the capital's international airport from Hong Kong on Tuesday morning.

Duterte, 79, contested his detention but within hours was on a chartered jet en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, where the ICC sits. Current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the country was meeting its legal obligations.

During Duterte's time in office, thousands of small-time drug dealers, users and others were killed without trial.

Marcos said his predecessor would face charges relating to what he described as Duterte's "bloody war on drugs".

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