The Senate cited in contempt the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents who attempted to arrest Sen. Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa on Monday.
Sen. Joel Villanueva moved to cite the NBI personnel in contempt after surveillance videos presented at the plenary showed the agents chasing Dela Rosa inside the Senate building.
With the motion approved, newly elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano ordered that the NBI personnel be placed under Senate custody.
The NBI personnel were reportedly running after Dela Rosa to serve the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court.
Dela Rosa was tagged as former President Rodrigo Duterte’s co-perpetrator during the latter’s war on drugs.
Earlier, the Senate also granted Dela Rosa protective custody.