MANILA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A chartered plane that will transport former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in The Netherlands took off on Tuesday night.

The aircraft RP-C5219 took off at 11:03 p.m. local time (1503 GMT), Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos confirmed in a press briefing.

On Tuesday night, Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Villamor Air Base in the Philippine capital but failed to see her father.

Sara Duterte earlier said in a statement that her detained father was "forcibly taken to The Hague," hours after the former Philippine leader was detained at Manila airport after the ICC issued a warrant for his arrest related to his "war on drugs" campaign.

Sara's younger sister, Veronica, said in a social media post that "They took my dad from us, put him on a plane, and wouldn't say where to." Enditem

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