Philippines President Duterte says he will “burn down” the United Nations headquarters in New York during his next visit to America. It comes in response to mounting international criticism over his bloody War on Drugs’ policy. Duterte has boasted of personally killing suspects. RT.com reports: “You go and file a complaint in the United Nations, I will burn down the United Nations if you want,” Duterte said, as quoted by the New York Times. “I will burn it down if I go to America,” he added, while speaking at an army base in the country’s southern city of Zamboanga. On Thursday, the Philippines leader called Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a top UN official, an “idiot” and “son of a bitch” after the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights suggested launching an investigation into Duterte’s own accounts of killings when he was mayor of Davao City, and the “shocking” number of deaths during the ongoing anti-drug war. “This guy [Zeid] is ever the joker or crazy,” Duterte said during a televised speech, repeatedly calling him “stupid.” “You UN officials, sitting there on your asses, we pay you your salaries. You idiot, do not tell me what to do… Who gave you [...]
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