ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said Duterte had arrived at the court's detention center near the Dutch North Sea coast after undergoing medical checks.

Former executive secretary, Christopher "Bong" Go, a senator, called the ICC arrest warrant "an affront to the sovereignty of the Philippines" and said local courts were independent and capable of delivering justice. "Long gone are the days when foreigners dictated how we run our internal affairs," he said.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte told law enforcers "you have to kill me to bring me to The Hague", threatened a police general with lawsuits and refused to be fingerprinted during his chaotic arrest this week,