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Former Cebu City Police Office Director PCOL Royina Garma answers questions from the Quad-Committee, which continues its fifth hearing at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on September 12, 2024. Testimonies presented to the committees on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights, and Public Accounts implicate Garma in the killings of three Chinese nationals, Chu Kin Tung, Jackson Li, and Wong, who were serving sentences for drug-related offenses at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Adrian Ayalin

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17319215984021731921626433.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former police officer Royina Garma answers questions from the House Quad Committee on September 12, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/file"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former police officer Royina Garma answers questions from the House Quad Committee on September 12, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between the Philippines and the United States will be invoked by the Philippine government for the return of retired police colonel Royina Garma.</p><p>Under the MLAT,  the scope of assistance to be provided by the two countries include  the taking of testimony or statements of persons, providing documents and items of evidence, as well as transferring persons in custody for testimony or other purposes.</p><p>“I am asking the immigration people to do the formal work but anyway we have a, MLAT or the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty so we will work this out,” Remulla said.</p><p>Garma, who directly tagged former President Rodrigo Duterte to a nationwide implementation of his drug war in Davao City, was arrested and detained in San Francisco, California last November 7, 2024 because of her cancelled United States visa.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/12/garma-ex-cop-who-linked-duterte-to-ejks-has-left-philippines-sources-1206">Garma, ex-cop who linked Duterte to EJKs, has left Philippines: DOJ</a></div><p>Remulla also confirmed that Garma’s visa cancellation was because of the Magnitsky Act which authorizes the U.S. government to sanction foreign government officials worldwide who are human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them from entering the United States.</p><p>“Kasi Magnitsky Act iyan, they are after her properties that she stored there, her money laundering activities and of course the human rights violations that were part of Magnitsky Act,” Remulla said.</p><p>While there is no timetable yet for the return of Garma, Remulla said she will be brought back to the Philippines as soon as possible.</p><p>“Alam mo naman basta ganyang usapan there is no clock that we can use to tick off the time so we just have to play it by ear,” Remulla said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/garma-should-be-on-her-way-back-to-ph-envoy-1208">Garma likely on her way back to PH: envoy</a></div>

<p>Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between the Philippines and the United States will be invoked by the Philippine government for the return of retired police colonel Royina Garma.</p>

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between the Philippines and the United States will be invoked by the Philippine government for the return of retired police colonel Royina Garma.

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Remulla says treaty will be invoked to bring back Garma from US

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published Nov 18, 2024 05:21 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 18, 2024 05:42 PM PHT

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