Baste Duterte files charges vs several gov't officials over ex-President's arrest

Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte filed multiple charges against several government officials over the March 11 arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte, based on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

The complaint was filed by Duterte's lawyers before the Office of the Ombudsman for Mindanao.

Among the respondents are Interior and Local Government Secretary Juan Victor Remulla, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty, former PNP chiefs General Nicolas Torre III and Rommel Marbil, Markus Lacanilao, Anthony Alcantara, Richard Anthony Fadullon, and Brigadier General Jean Fajardo.

They were charged with kidnapping, arbitrary detention, qualified direct assault, expulsion, usurpation of judicial functions under the Revised Penal Code, and alleged violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

The younger Duterte alleged that his father, along with family members and former officials, were accosted by law enforcers upon their arrival from Hong Kong at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The camp of the former president has filed an appeal for his interim release from his detention in The Hague, Netherlands, over alleged crimes against humanity due to drug war killings.