MANILA, Philippines—Opposition Sen. Leila de Lima took offense at a statement made by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief that recent findings of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the Philippines’ war on drugs were a product of wrong data, saying it was just a diversionary tactic.
De Lima on Thursday (Dec. 17) reacted to PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva’s remarks on the recent declaration by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor that there was sufficient basis to believe that crimes against humanity were being committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
According to the detained senator, Villanueva’s remarks, which also blamed the opposit…
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