BLOG: Ano Ba Talaga Kuya PBBM? Kick Quiboloy to the US Jail ‘NOW’- US Extradition Request
Marsian Bulaga
BLOG: Ano Ba Talaga Kuya PBBM? Kick Quiboloy to the US Jail ‘NOW’- US Extradition Request
FROM BIBLE TO BLOTTER The Davao City-based pastor who calls himself the “appointed son of God” has his mugshot taken in September 2024 following his arrest on charges of sexual abuse and human trafficking. The US justice system now wants him in court, too. —PNP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The United States is seeking the extradition of detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy who, aside from being tried in Philippine courts, is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for sex trafficking and bulk cash smuggling.
“I’m confirming documents sent to DOJ (Department of Justice),” Jose Manuel Romualdez, Philippine ambassador to the United States, said in a text message to the Inquirer. “Documents pertaining to the extradition request [were] sent to the DOJ.”
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The US government has been seeking Quiboloy’s extradition since June, according to Romualdez.
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, however, said the Department of Foreign Affairs has not received any request for Quiboloy’s extradition from the United States.
Dominic Clavano IV, the DOJ spokesperson, also clarified that a person cannot be extradited from the Philippines while a criminal case against him is still pending in courts.
“The rule is that he must first face trial and, if convicted, serve his sentence here before extradition may proceed,” he said, stressing that local jurisdiction is the priority.
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Denied bail
Quiboloy was arrested inside his sprawling KOJC compound in Davao City after two-weeklong standoff between the police and his supporters in September 2024.
While still in hiding, he said he would not surrender unless the government made a written guarantee that American authorities would not meddle in the charges filed against him.
In a 30-minute recorded statement on the YouTube channel of his Sonshine Media Network International, Quiboloy said then that he was in hiding not because he was guilty of the charges but because he was “preserving” himself from the US authorities who might kidnap or assassinate him through “extraordinary rendition.”
On July 20, the Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 159 denied his bid for temporary liberty in the qualified trafficking cases against him, citing his role as the “central figure of authority” who sexually exploited a KOJC member, a minor.
The 23-page order denied Quiboloy’s petition for bail, as well as those of his coaccused Jackielyn Roy, Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Ingrid Canada and Sylvia Cemañes. /cb
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