The ex-president's transfer to ICC risks custody transforming him and his family into political martyrs and stoking civil unrest The dramatic surrender of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday further polarised a country already reeling from political strife - with the impeachment of his

In this “game of thrones” in Southeast Asia’s oldest democracy, warring houses have often resulted in political instability, economic ruin and democratic backsliding, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Aries A Arugay.