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Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Bianca Dava

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174170823986920241028-senate hearing-duterte-MT-27.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former President Rodrigo Duterte testifies at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on October 28, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Vice President Sara Duterte said her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, had not sought asylum from the Chinese government when he visited Hong Kong.</p><p>&quot;Wala. I was in Hong Kong. Wala siyang kausap from the Chinese government,&quot; the vice president told reporters outside the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.</p><p>The vice president went there on Tuesday evening to visit her father but was denied entry into the air base.</p><p>The former president visited Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, for an event of the PDP-Laban over the weekend.</p><p>Duterte was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, shortly after he arrived in Manila from Hong Kong, on Tuesday morning.</p><p>His arrest was on the basis of a warrant for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court over his deadly war on drugs.</p><p>Based on reports, Duterte’s war on drugs left at least 6,000 people dead. However, human rights groups reported that the number may have reached 30,000.</p><p>The Gulfstream G550 carrying Duterte took off at 11:03 p.m. for the Hague, where the former president will face trial before the ICC.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/11/duterte-seen-boarding-passenger-jet-at-villamor-air-base-2121">READ: Gulfstream jet carrying Duterte leaves Villamor for The Hague</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/war-on-drugs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">War on Drugs, The Unheard Voices | ABS-CBN News</a></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte said her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, had not sought asylum from the Chinese government when he visited Hong Kong.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte said her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, had not sought asylum from the Chinese government when he visited Hong Kong.

VP Sara Duterte denies ex-Pres. Rodrigo Duterte sought asylum in China

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VP Sara Duterte denies ex-Pres. Rodrigo Duterte sought asylum in China

Bianca Dava,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 11, 2025 11:51 PM PHT

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Updated March 12, 2025 09:39 AM PHT

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