Former Philippine diplomat Albert del Rosario defends using diplomatic passport to enter Hong Kong after Duterte criticism

Albert del Rosario, the Philippines’ former foreign secretary turned away from Hong Kong last week while using a diplomatic passport, has defended his use of it and says he was singled out because he was a signatory to a “crimes against humanity” international lawsuit against China and its leaders.“It’s clear it was in retaliation for that [legal]action,” he told a morning news programme in the Philippines on Thursday.In March, Del Rosario and former ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales sued…