In Manila, extraordinary CCTV footage has emerged showing law enforcement agents chasing a Philippine senator through the halls of the Senate building. The politician, accused of being a key architect of the country’s brutal war on drugs, has refused to surrender and remains barricaded inside the Senate complex.
Investigators were reportedly seeking to apprehend the senator in order to transfer him to The Hague, where the International Criminal Court has been probing the Philippines’ extrajudicial killings. The dramatic chase — caught on security cameras and now circulating globally — has become an emblem of the ongoing tension between national sovereignty and international justice. As of Tuesday, the standoff continued, with no resolution in sight.
