WorldMANILA, REUTERS -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday hit out at what he called “bullshit” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drugs. International Criminal Court? He scolded the United States for what he called hypocritical threats to try him in the ICC, to which Washington itself is not a signatory. The United States chose not to sign the Rome Statute to protect former President George W. Bush, Duterte said, without elaborating. “America itself is threatening to jail me in the International Criminal Court,” Duterte said.

Source: Sunday Times November 28, 2016 14:28 UTC