A Facebook (FB) post is claiming that bail has been paid for former president Rodrigo Duterte, prompting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to release him more than a month after he was surrendered to its custody for crimes against humanity. This is satire.
An April 16 post sent by a reader for verification through VERA Files’ Messenger Misinformation Tipline read:
“I-rerelease na ng ICC si Tatay D. Mahina ang kaso at meron ng nagpyansa sa kanya. Ang problema, ayaw ng Hague dahil babagsak uli tourism nila”
(ICC is releasing [Duterte]. The case against him is weak and someone already bailed him out The problem is the Hague doesn’t want to release him because their tourism will crash.)
In a reply to a comment on the post, the publisher disclosed it is satire. There has been no announcement from the ICC about Duterte’s release.
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