Kitty Duterte on US passport: I’m a private citizen

MANILA, Philippines — Detained former president Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Veronica has maintained she has nothing to explain amid viral photos and video showing her holding a US passport.

“I don’t mind them actually. I’m a Filipino citizen. I don’t think I have to explain since I’m a private citizen,” Veronica said.

In the video, Veronica and Vice President Sara Duterte faced their family’s supporters outside the Scheveningen penitentiary in The Hague where the former president is detained for alleged crimes against humanity stemming from his bloody drug war.

Veronica was seen holding a US passport before putting it inside her Prada bag.

In a March 2017 speech before the Filipino community in Myanmar, the former president disclosed that Veronica is an American citizen.

Duterte’s common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña worked as a nurse in the United States before returning to the Philippines.