Former President Rodrigo Duterte group arrived in Dubai, en route to The Hague, wherein the ex-president will be facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) following his arrest.

Gulfstream G550 aircraft (RP-C5219) that plane left Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Tuesday night, arrived at the Al Maktoum International Airport at 4:03 a.m. (Dubai time) or 8:03 a.m. Manila time.

After more than an hour or at 5:15 a.m. (Dubai time), the same plane is expected to fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.

“The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands allowing the former president to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation to his bloody war on drugs,”, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said in a media briefing.

Marcos said Interpol Manila received an official copy of the International Criminal Court warrant hours before Duterte’s arrival from Hong Kong.

He added that the arrest was proper and correct.

“We followed every single necessary procedure… We followed the legal procedure that is necessary,” Marcos said.

He said that the arrest was done “because Interpol asked us to do it and we have commitments.”

Marcos also denied that the arrest of Duterte was a violation of Philippine sovereignty.

”No. Bakit naman? Dahil, consistent naman tayo, hindi tayo tumutulong sa imbestigasyon ng ICC… We did not help them in any way,” Marcos said.

(We’ve been consistent. We didn’t help in the investigation of the ICC… We didn’t help them in any way.)

The ICC has been investigating Duterte and other top officials of his administration for crimes against humanity over the alleged systematic drug war deaths in police operations.