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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1486660" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><div><em>Video courtesy of Jingky Menorca</em></div><p>MANILA - The wife of former Iglesia ni Cristo minister Lowell Menorca II has released a cellphone video of how two alleged cops in civilian clothes tried to arrest her husband in the middle of the street without even showing their badges.</p><p>The Facebook video showed a man wearing a striped shirt, shorts and slippers grabbing Menorca in the middle of the street.</p><p>&quot;May warrant of arrest! May warrant of arrest!&quot; the man said while holding Menorca.</p><p>He also said: &quot;Arestuhin na! Tawagin niyo yung mobile.&quot;</p><p>Another man wearing a blue shirt, meanwhile, tried to show a document, which Menorca&#x27;s wife, Jinky Otsuka, then grabbed.</p><p>In the video, Menorca&#x27;s wife could be heard screaming: &quot;Tulungan niyo kami! Bawal yang ginagawa mo! Tulungan niyo kami. Walang aakyat. Walang ngingidnap.&quot;</p><p>She also challenged the alleged policemen: &quot;Nasan yung badge mo, pulis ka? Wala! Wala! Asan yung badge? Nasaan yung patunay mong pulis ka?&quot;</p><p>During the arrest, Menorca could be heard saying: &quot;Ako ang Iglesia ni Cristo na kinidnap nila. &quot;</p><p>In a separate DZMM interview, Mrs. Menorca said she tried to prevent the policemen from arresting her husband because they did not even show their badges.</p><p>&quot;Naka sibilyan, naka tsinelas yung isa. Ganun po ba ang paga-arrest sa atin? Wala pong nakarating sa amin na notice na mayroon na po siyang warrant,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Wala pong procedure yan so paano po kami papayag? Papunta po kami sa hearing ngayon para makapagsalita ang asawa ko sa katotohanan e pilit nilang pinipigilan tapos sasabihin nila ngayon walang kinalaman ang Iglesia?&quot; she added.</p><div><strong>ABS-CBN NEWS, January 20, 2016</strong></div>

<p>"Tulungan niyo kami! Bawal yang ginagawa mo!" These and more are just some of Jinky Otsuka's screams as alleged policemen in civilian clothes tried to arrest her husband, ex-Iglesia ni Cristo minister Lowell Menorca II.</p>

"Tulungan niyo kami! Bawal yang ginagawa mo!" These and more are just some of Jinky Otsuka's screams as alleged policemen in civilian clothes tried to arrest her husband, ex-Iglesia ni Cristo minister Lowell Menorca II.

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WATCH: Cop grabs Menorca as wife screams 'Tulungan niyo kami'

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Published Jan 20, 2016 01:15 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 21, 2016 05:55 PM PHT

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