SUPPORTERS and critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands flooded the social media account of Nicholas Kaufmann.
But there is one problem.
The page that they were flooding their opinions with belongs to a renowned American author and not the ICC legal counsel of the former president.
He was apparently mistaken for Nicholas Kaufman, the lawyer that will represent Duterte in the ICC hearings over his charges of crimes against humanity.
Courtesy: Nicholas Kaufmann FB Page
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Their names though may sound alike, except for one thing. The author has one less ‘n” in his surname.
Courtesy: Nicholas Kaufmann FB Page
“I am being absolutely flooded today with followers and commenters from the Philippines who, I guess, don’t believe I’m not Duterte’s lawyer,” he said in his official website.
“Our names aren’t even spelled the same (he’s Kaufman with one N). It’s insane,” he added.
Courtesy: Nicholas Kaufmann FB Page
In one of the posts, a certain Alex Kaufmann even asked: “Are they pro or anti?”
He quickly replied that at first, the messages came from Duterte supporters.
But then, he started getting comments from persons who are against the former president as well.
The anti-Duterte messages were quickly apologizing.
They claimed that some of the pro-Duterte messages were supposedly just bots or trolls.
“They started out pro-Duterte, but lately, I’m getting some anti-Duterte commenters apologizing for the others and calling many of them bots,” he said.
Kaufmann is known as a horror, urban fantasy and adventure fiction author.
He was nominated for the Bram Stroker award for his book General Slocum’s Gold.
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