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\"Cop<\/a>

A Special Action Force personnel receives medical attention amid swelling on her forehead after former President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s partner, Honeylet Avance\u00f1a, allegedly hit her with a cellphone amid tension over the ex-leader\u2019s arrest on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Photo from the PNP PIO)<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 <\/span>The policewoman who sustained an injury on her forehead after Honeylet Avance\u00f1a, former President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s common-law partner, hit her with a cell phone will receive a medal from the Philippine National Police.<\/p>\n

However, she has decided to no longer file charges against Avance\u00f1a, who hit the officer during the tense PNP operation to arrest Duterte and put him on a plane taking him to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands on March 11.<\/p>\n

READ: ICC sets Duterte confirmation of charges hearing Sept. 23<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

READ: Duterte\u2019s arrest \u2018pure, simple kidnapping,\u2019 Medialdea tells ICC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, said Friday the Special Action Force officer will receive the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting and be granted a three-day leave.<\/p>\n

\u2018Act of the enemy\u2019<\/h2>\n

The medal is awarded to PNP personnel who have been \u201cwounded in action against an enemy as a direct result of an act of the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo, the PNP spokesperson, told reporters it was the police officer\u2019s \u201cpersonal decision\u201d to not pursue charges against Avance\u00f1a, acknowledging that what happened was \u201cpart of the hazard of [the] job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fajardo added that the policewoman, whose identity was not made public, said she just needed to recover and would soon be back on duty.<\/p>\n

The PNP earlier said it was considering filing a direct assault complaint against Avance\u00f1a following the incident on Tuesday night at the VIP lounge of Kalayaan Hall in Villamor Air Base.<\/p>\n

Assigned to the women<\/h2>\n

The policewoman was part of the PNP team, which included more than a dozen female officers, tasked to arrest Duterte at the request of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and on orders from the ICC for crimes against humanity related to his brutal war on drugs.<\/p>\n

Fajardo said the female police officers were deployed \u201cto restrain\u201d Avance\u00f1a and her daughter Veronica \u201cKitty\u201d Duterte, who were preventing the ex-president\u2019s transfer to a vehicle that would take him to the plane bound for The Hague, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

A video released by the PNP showed that the police officer, before being hit by Avance\u00f1a, was the one trying to hold Kitty Duterte back.<\/p>\n

The officer was brought to a medical facility for treatment.<\/p>\n

Maximum tolerance<\/h2>\n

Fajardo said the PNP team exercised maximum tolerance despite \u201call the insults and curses\u201d from the Dutertes during the 12-hour standoff.<\/p>\n

During the confrontation, Avance\u00f1a was heard telling the policemen in Filipino: \u201cThis is how you repay him for everything he did for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Duterte was also heard saying \u201cI\u2019m not a criminal that you can just arrest; show me some respect for being a former president.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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