PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could not have jurisdiction over him amid its inquiry into his administration's controversial war on illegal drugs.

Duterte’s statement comes after the United Nations (UN) human rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein criticized the President for ordering the Philippine National Police (PNP) to ignore any investigation into the drug war.

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