Manila, June 27 -- Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has "no business" using a diplomatic passport now that he no longer works for the government, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday night.

Duterte made this remark after del Rosario was denied entry at the Hong Kong International Airport and held and questioned for six hours last June 21.

"It was Albert representing 'yung nahuli sa Hong Kong, idinetain. Naggamit-gamit ng passport na hindi naman dapat (when he was detained in Hong Kong. He was using a passport that he should not have used)," Duterte said in his speech during the 122nd founding anniversary of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) at Malacanang Park.

"When you are no longer an employee of govern...