Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 1) — Former lawmaker Satur Ocampo finds a defender in the country's top diplomat, who scoffed at the kidnapping and human trafficking charges filed against him.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Locsin Jr. let out an expletive as he dismissed the charges as "idiotic."

"Human trafficking? Bullsh*t. I won't even bother to get the other side. I know Satur. We protected him in our Congress against warrants of arrest," Locsin said in a tweet Saturday morning.

Locsin and Ocampo were members of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010 as Makati Rep. and Bayan Muna Rep., respectively.

Ocampo, along with ACT Teachers' Partylist Representative France Castro and 17 others, was charged with kidnapping and human trafficking over the transport of minors in Davao del Norte. Human rights group KARAPATAN, however, asserted that Ocampo and his team, who were part of National Solidarity and Fact-Finding Mission, actually rescued the Lumad children from harassment.

READ: Former solon Satur Ocampo, 18 others charged for illegally holding minors

The political Left has decried the Duterte administration's alleged crackdown against its leaders, but the government has repeatedly denied this.

Malacañang on Friday said Ocampo and his companions are being given due process and urged critics to stop jumping into conclusions regarding their arrest.