Manila, March 19 -- Former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea is receiving medical treatment at a Dutch hospital after he "fell ill" while visiting former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center, the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands said Tuesday.

In an update, the embassy said a close relative of Medialdea is at the hospital with him.

Medialdea went to the ICC detention center early morning on March 18 (Central European Time) for a scheduled visit to Duterte.

He reportedly fell ill while registering at the reception counter at around 8:55 a.m., prompting an embassy official who was accompanying him to call for medical attention.

An ICC detention center medic attended to Medialdea a...