- Title: China says it has not received any asylum application from Philippines' Duterte
- Date: 24th March 2025
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MARCH 24, 2025) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, GUO JIAKUN, WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, GUO JIAKUN, SAYING: "I would like to point out specifically that Mr. Duterte's visit to Hong Kong was a private vacation. China has never received a so-called application f
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- Keywords: China Philippines Rodrigo Duterte asylum foreign ministry
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001118424032025RP1
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- Story Text: China said on Monday (March 24) that it has not received any application for asylum from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his family.
The comments from Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun were in response to a question on whether Beijing had rejected Duterte’s application.
Duterte was arrested on March 11 at Manila’s main airport on his arrival from Hong Kong at the request of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as part of its probe into his “war on drugs” that defined his presidency.
Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong was “a private vacation”, Guo said at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Monday.
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