SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said despite earlier assurances that he would show up, former president Rodrigo Duterte is unsure of attending the October 28 Senate hearing on his administration's bloody war on drugs.

The senator will lead a Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee to probe Duterte's anti-drug campaign, which some human rights groups and political rivals have said has killed thousands of drug suspects.

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