Philippines will not cooperate with ICC in drugs war probe: Marcos

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MANILA: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday (Jul 21) his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings com

into the thousands of killings committed during his predecessor's 'war on drugs'.

"We will not cooperate with them in any way, shape or form," Marcos told reporters, just days after appeals judges at the ICC rejected the Philippines' attempt to block an investigation by the court's prosecutors into the anti-narcotics campaign of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos said the alleged crimes must be dealt with in the country as they were committed in Philippine territory. The justice ministry has promised its own investigation into the drugs war will be fair.

 

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