Ex-Philippine leader Duterte's drug war enforcer escapes ICC arrest

Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, a former national police chief, has sought refuge in the senate.

Video Shows Philippine Senator Outrunning Agents and Avoiding I.C.C. Warrant

Video shows Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court over Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, dashing into the Philippine Senate.

By Jason Gutierrez

Chaos in Philippines as Duterte ally wanted by ICC takes refuge in senate to avoid arrest

Former police chief Ronald dela Rosa spends night at senate office after another Duterte ally offers protective custody The unusual pursuit was captured on CCTV cameras inside the Philippine senate. Ronald dela Rosa, a longtime ally of the former president Rodrigo Duterte, raced along the hallways of the upper house complex, stumbling on the staircase, as he fled government agents. “They want to forcibly bring me to The Hague, to surrender me there,” Dela Rosa said later on a Facebook livestr...

By Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Video: Philippine senator flees ICC arrest over role in drug war

Philippines Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has taken refuge in the country’s parliament, as police sought to detain him.

Dela Rosa’s flight turns Philippine Senate into battleground for ICC accountability

A clip of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa running through the Senate halls to evade an International Criminal Court arrest warrant has become one of the most startling images in recent Philippine politics. By Tuesday, the former national police chief was still inside the Senate under protective custody, turning the chamber into the centre of a legal and political stand-off over whether one of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s closest allies could be handed over to The Hague. But Monday’s cha...

By Sam Beltran

Duterte ally flees agents in Philippine Senate to avoid arrest under ICC warrant

Closed-circuit television caught images of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa dashing down hallways and up emergency stairwells to evade arrest.

5 senators urge Bato dela Rosa to surrender to ICC

'The Senate reiterates that it possesses no constitutional or statutory authority to provide 'protective custody' or sanctuary from lawful arrest, surrender, or judicial processes,' the Senate resolution reads

By Jairo Bolledo

NBI chief: Dela Rosa arrest smoother under old Senate leadership

MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Tuesday said the attempt to serve the International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa might have gone smoothly had the Senate leadership not changed. Matibag made the remark a day after NBI agents failed to

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Senate blindsided by Dela Rosa's return amid arrest info, says Sotto

Tito Sotto says he had no idea Bato dela Rosa would suddenly appear at the Senate.

By Ian Laqui