(UPDATE) THE Senate said Monday it will conduct a probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is to try him for alleged crimes against humanity.

The 79-year-old, the first Asian former head of state charged by the ICC, stands accused of the crime against humanity of murder over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups have said killed thousands.

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