
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) denied on Thursday, April 10, 2025, helping the International Criminal Court (ICC) in gathering documentary evidence against former president Rodrigo Duterte amid its investigation of the alleged crime against humanity during the implementation of the latter’s drug war.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and PNP chief General Rommel Marbil made the denial during the resumption of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations inquiry into Duterte’s arrest led by Senator Imee Marcos.
On April 3, during the panel’s second hearing on the matter, Marcos said several ICC officials, including lawyers and investigators, went to the Philippines in October 2024 to gather various evidence against the former President.
Among the pieces of evidence gathered by the ICC in the country during their visit, according to Marcos, were:
*Bank account records from June 2016 to 2019 of a certain Peter Parungo
*Blotter, ceased evidence and radio transmission of Police Station 6 in Batasan Hills, Quezon City
*Tactical operations of the PNP
*Records from the East Avenue Medical Center of all individuals brought in dead on arrival from July 1, 2016 to June 31, 2017, and details of any post-mortem autopsy inspection done, those attended with gunshot wounds following a shooting incident with PNP and details of PNP officers treated for gunshot wounds
*Drugs watchlist maintained by law enforcement
*Other forensic evidence from the PNP
Marcos confronted Remulla and Marbil about the matter, noting that it was “unbelievable” that no Filipino officials helped the foreigners get what they needed.
In response, Remulla maintained that it was not the DOJ that helped them, but he knew some people, including a priest and several civil society organizations, who might have aided them.
Marbil said he has “no idea” about the matter.
Marcos earlier said the ICC officials were even provided with protection details by the administration.
The President's sister said the documents collected by the ICC during their visit to the Philippines were utilized as evidence by the ICC prosecutor in the application for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Duterte. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)