DOJ chief on Quiboloy camp’s house arrest plea: Let the court decide

FILE PHOTO: Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin (FILE) Photo from DOJ’s Facebook page

MANILA, Philippines — The decision to place televangelist Apollo Quiboloy under house arrest rests with the court, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Wednesday.

This was his reaction to whether Quiboloy can be put under house request, favoring his camp’s request.

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“That’s under the court’s jurisdiction…discretion. But as far as I remember, ‘yung binibigyan ng house arrest ‘yung mga hindi nag resist o kaya pumayag agad na maaresto,” Remulla said in a press briefing.

(“That’s under the court’s jurisdiction… discretion. But as far as I remember, those given house arrest are the ones who did not resist or those who immediately agreed to be arrested.)

“‘Yung mga nanago at nagpahirap sa gobyerno, madalang tayong magbigay ng house arrest diyan,” he added.

(Those who went into hiding and made it difficult for the government, we rarely grant house arrest to them.)

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Quiboloy, along with Jackielyn Roy, Ingrid Canada, Cresente Canada, and Sylvia Cements, were arrested inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound on Sunday, weeks after the police entered the area on August 24.

They were detained at the Philippine National Police custodial center and were presented to a press conference the following day.