Duterte drug war enforcer says prefers to be 'hanged' in the Philippines, SE Asia News & Top Stories

MANILA (AFP) - The main architect of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war said Monday (Sept 20) he would rather be "convicted and even hanged" by a Filipino court than a foreign one for his role in the deadly crackdown. Mr Ronald Dela Rosa, the first police chief to enforce Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign in 2016, made the comments days after the International Criminal Court authorised a full-blown probe into the controversial policy. Mr Dela Rosa, a senator and close ally of Mr Duterte, told a Senate hearing he was a "co-accused" with the president in the ICC probe. "I'd rather…