Menorca released on bail

Former Iglesia ni Cristo minister Lowell Menorca answers questions from the media minutes after he was released from detention. AIE BALAGTAS SEE/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Former Iglesia ni Cristo minister Lowell Menorca II was released from detention Friday afternoon after he posted bail on the two libel cases filed against him.

Menorca posted a cash bond of P20,000 at the Ermita police station. He was released past 3 p.m.

He was arrested Wednesday morning on his way to a Court of Appeals hearing after a libel case was filed against him in Lanao del Norte. After the tension-filled arrest, which saw him resist the attempt of police officers wearing civilian clothes, another libel case was filed against him, this time in Marawi City.

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Hours before his release, another libel case was filed against Menorca in Cavite.

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Menorca had accused the INC of being behind his detention last year over allegations that he exposed the religious sect’s purported wrongdoings. IDL with reports from Aie Balagtas See