Duterte drug war enforcer says prefers to be 'hanged' in the Philippines

Ronald Dela Rosa (right) was the first police chief to enforce Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's (left) anti-narcotics campaign in 2016. - AFP

MANILA, Sept 20 (AFP): The main architect of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war said Monday he would rather be "convicted and even hanged" by a Filipino court than a foreign one for his role in the deadly crackdown.

Ronald Dela Rosa, the first police chief to enforce Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign in 2016, made the comments days after the International Criminal Court authorised a full-blown probe into the controversial policy.