JAKARTA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte insisted on Friday he had **t intended to insult US leader Barack Obama, but immediately took aim at a**ther global figure by labelling UN chief Ban Ki-moon a "fool".
Duterte sparked a storm on the eve of an Asian summit this week by labelling Obama a "son of a whore", prompting the US president to cancel a planned meeting. The pair met briefly later at the gathering in Laos after Duterte expressed regret.
But acid-tongued Duterte on Friday said the Philippine expression "putangina" should **t be taken at face value, and it was "an ordinary expression used by everyone".
"It’s son of a bitch or son of a gun. It’s **t son of a whore," he told an audience of Filipi**s during a visit to the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
He insisted his remarks were **t directed at Obama but at the US State Department, which has raised concerns over potential human rights violations in Duterte’s anti-crime campaign which has left almost 3,000 dead in just over two months.
09-10-2016, 05:48 AM
Duterte calls UN chief ?fool?
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