Candidates linked to Philippine ex-leader Rodrigo Duterte appear to have won election victories, including Duterte himself, despite him being detained for alleged crimes against humanity.

The 80-year-old, facing trial in The Hague, garnered eight times more votes than his nearest rival in Davao city

Duterte wins by such an overwhelming margin as to suggest the case against him is only embellishing his popularity. While activists castigate him