MANILA— The Philippines’ Office of the Solicitor General said on Tuesday the Southeast Asian country remains committed to an internal investigation of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
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The Philippines “will not be deterred” by a ruling of the International Criminal Court rejecting an appeal to stop the ICC’s investigation of the drugs war, it said in a statement.
—Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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