00:00I remember what the investigator told us, that we should just file a case after the termination of President Duterte.
00:11That's what Shira Escudero said, what a police officer who was investigating the murder of her brother, Efraim Escudero, said.
00:19Efraim is one of the so-called collateral damage or who was involved in the drug war of the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:28In the program Mike Abi-Live, Shira told us the story of her brother who was arrested in September of 2017.
00:34She was planning to take her brother to their repair shop in Laguna, but he was not able to make it.
00:39He was found dead in Angeles, Pampanga.
00:43He was lying on the grass, he was wrapped in a packaging tape, his head, his hands were tied with a packaging tape.
00:53Even his eyes were tied with a packaging tape, he had three bullets in his head.
01:00Based on the investigation of our family, we think that there is a person who is related to him who is under watch.
01:12That person also has a record with the police and he just got out of prison.
01:18They say that Efraim looks like collateral damage, but for me, it's painful to call him collateral damage or who was involved in the drug war.
01:29Shira's hope is seen by the International Criminal Court, which is helping them to use justice.
01:36For our families of IJK victims, the ICC investigation is like a light in the dark.
01:46For us, this is a big step and an answer to the long-awaited justice.
01:55Former President Duterte is now in the ICC.
01:58Shira said they have been waiting for this for a long time.
02:01Yes. Actually, we have been waiting for a long time for President Duterte to be held accountable as the one who initiated the war on drugs.
02:11For us, President Duterte should be held accountable along with other officials who are behind the drug war.
02:22Before President Marcos was held accountable, we already communicated with the ICC and we have been waiting for this for many years.
02:31Shira called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to re-enroll the Philippines in the ICC.
02:38The re-enrollment of the Philippines in the ICC will help to speed up and speed up the investigation.
02:46If so, we will be able to use justice faster.
02:50Former President Duterte has a chance to defend himself.
02:56I hope that the eyes of the Filipinos will open.
03:00We are the real victims.
03:02Let us hear the truth and judge the evidence.
03:07Evidence will speak for itself.
