BEIJING: China has not received any application for asylum from Philippines’ former President Rodrigo Duterte and his family, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong was for his personal holidays, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference.
The former president 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 a “war on drugs” that defined his presidency.
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China says it has not received any asylum application from Philippines’ Duterte
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China says it has not received any asylum application from Philippines’ Duterte
- Philippines’ former President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong was for his personal holidays
Dutch police say probing Rotterdam synagogue fire
- Dutch police on Friday said they were investigating a fire that erupted in a synagogue in Rotterdam overnight, without resulting in any injuries
AMSTERDAM: Dutch police on Friday said they were investigating a fire that erupted in a synagogue in Rotterdam overnight, without resulting in any injuries.
“The fire burned for a short moment before going out on its own. No one was injured,” the police said on social media of the blaze that erupted at 3:40 am (0240 GMT) at a synagogue on A.B.N. Davidplein.
An unverified video showing an explosion near a building resembling the targeted synagogue circulated on social media on Friday, which police were using in their probe.
“There is no place in Rotterdam for antisemitism, intimidation, violence or hatred toward religious communities,” city mayor Carola Schouten told Dutch news agency ANP.
Scouten said the incident had caused “a great deal of anxiety among our Jewish fellow citizens.”
On Monday, an explosion shook a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege before dawn, causing material damage but no injuries.
It was strongly condemned by Belgian politicians and European Union officials.
“The fire burned for a short moment before going out on its own. No one was injured,” the police said on social media of the blaze that erupted at 3:40 am (0240 GMT) at a synagogue on A.B.N. Davidplein.
An unverified video showing an explosion near a building resembling the targeted synagogue circulated on social media on Friday, which police were using in their probe.
“There is no place in Rotterdam for antisemitism, intimidation, violence or hatred toward religious communities,” city mayor Carola Schouten told Dutch news agency ANP.
Scouten said the incident had caused “a great deal of anxiety among our Jewish fellow citizens.”
On Monday, an explosion shook a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege before dawn, causing material damage but no injuries.
It was strongly condemned by Belgian politicians and European Union officials.
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