CLAIM: Former president Duterte will be released on June 30 and will “go home” to Japan.
RATING: FALSE
A viral Facebook reel, posted on June 23, falsely claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity, is set to be released by the end of the month.
The reel also incorrectly implied that Japan is set to host Duterte during his interim release before his trial in The Hague begins in September.
Japan is a member-state that could potentially host an ICC detainee while he is being prosecuted, as stipulated in Article 58 of the Rome Statute.
However, in a public redacted version of its response to Duterte’s petition, the ICC prosecution panel rejected the request of the Duterte camp for his immediate interim release.
The prosecution insisted that Duterte must remain in the ICC’s custody to “ensure his appearance at the trial.”
It also added that Duterte’s “continued detention is necessary to ensure that he does not obstruct or endanger the investigation or court proceedings,” noting that the ex-president “has the ability” to interfere and intimidate witnesses.
The ICC prosecution added that it was “misled” by Duterte’s defense team when it submitted the name of another country instead of one that was previously agreed upon by both parties before the filing of the petition.
The country was not identified in the redacted version; however, it cited that the defense proposed a country that does not have the same extensive history of cooperation with the Court.
Lawyer Kristina Conti, assistant counsel to the ICC, said in a media forum that “no country is willing to accept requests of interim release on record.”
At the time of publishing, there are no credible reports on the possible interim release of Duterte, or any sufficient evidence of Japan hosting the former president, or announcements regarding his purported June 30 release.
The false Facebook reel has generated more than one million views, as well as 39,000 likes, 3,700 comments, and 2,500 shares as of writing. Hurt Allauigan
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