Manila, March 19 -- Online attacks against an International Criminal Court (ICC) judge could be considered offenses against the administration of justice and potentially lead to additional charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte, a lawyer said Wednesday.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, Attorney Kristina Conti, assistant to counsel at the ICC, warned that the social media harassment allegedly carried out by Duterte's supporters could harm his case rather than help it.

Supporters of the former president appeared to have flooded the LinkedIn posts of ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I Presiding Judge Iulia Motoc with comments, some urging her to release Duterte.

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