Former President Rodrigo Duterte (ICC PHOTO)
MANILA, Philippines—The defense lawyers of former President Rodrigo Duterte have expressed concern over the prosecution’s request for access to personal belongings and to freeze any money seized from the former leader after his arrest and surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year.
The requests, made public by the Trial Chamber (TC) III only on Friday night, were first made by the prosecution on May 1 and again on June 9.
In its observations on May 18, the defense urged the chamber to reject the first request of the prosecution to have any cash seized from Duterte frozen, calling it “unnecessary” and pointless at this point.
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