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<div><br/></div><p>DAVAO CITY — The newly-appointed Davao City Police officer-in-change will continue to investigate the cases and pursue the manhunt against fugitive pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is facing child abuse, sexual abuse, and human trafficking charges.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/7/pnp-urges-quiboloy-to-surrender-face-charges-vs-him-1430">• PNP urges Quiboloy to surrender, face charges</a></div><p>Police Col. Rolindo Suguilon said on Wednesday that they are ready to arrest Quiboloy once they finally locate him. </p><p>Tracker teams from Calinan Police Station and Sasa Police Station were assigned and have been monitoring possible Quiboloy sightings in his properties in the said areas.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/16/quiboloy-5-co-accused-remain-at-large-nbi-1710">• Quiboloy, 5 co-accused remain at large: NBI</a></div><p>Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Investigation in the Southeastern Mindanao region said their manhunt against Quiboloy is still ongoing as well as the monitoring of his whereabouts.</p><p>The Supreme Court recently ordered that the child abuse and sexual abuse cases of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader be transferred from the Davao City Regional Trial Court to the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/28/sc-orders-transfer-quiboloy-s-criminal-cases-from-davao-to-qc-1729">• SC orders transfer of Quiboloy’s criminal cases from Davao to Quezon City</a></div><p>Archie Albao, NBI-SEMRO director, said the transfer of cases to other courts has no effect on the law enforcers pursuing the controversial televangelist.</p><p>The camp of Quiboloy and his co-accused is also set to appeal the decision of the Supreme Court.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/29/quiboloy-s-lawyer-to-appeal-sc-decision-on-transfer-of-cases-to-quezon-city-1124">• Quiboloy’s lawyer to appeal SC decision on transfer of cases to Quezon City</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, the sexual abuse and child abuse cases against Kingdom of Jesus Christ Founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy will be fully transferred </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to a Quezon City court within the next three days, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This, after the Supreme Court granted the DOJ&#x27;s request to transfer the said cases from a Davao City court to any court in the National Capital Region in a bid to remove potential local biases and influence from Quiboloy&#x27;s camp during the legal proceedings. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The DOJ previously said this would protect the victims and potential witnesses in the case.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Iyong next step po within three days, kailangan po i-transfer lahat ng records na galing Davao City sa executive judge ng Quezon City, and ang dinirect ng Supreme Court ay kailangan i-raffle agad ng executive  judge natin sa Quezon City sa isa sa mga judges sa Quezon City,&quot; DOJ Spokesperson Mico Clavano said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing Thursday.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Clavano added that the Supreme Court agreed with the DOJ that the cases involve public interest, noting that Quiboloy is a well-known and influential religious leader in Davao City. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Ang kasong tinutukoy ay umabot na sa labas na sa lokal na konteksto. Mas malawak po, medyo nagbo-border na siya sa pambansang polisiya, interest ng publiko at security concerns din. Kailangan i-preserve ang integrity ng proceedings dahil most likely mayroon talagang local biases sa Davao City,&quot; he said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quiboloy and several others are also facing a qualified trafficking case before the Pasig Regional Trial Court. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>– With a report from Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News </strong></span></div><div> </div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable fr-active" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fp_Df5WV8g?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Police Col. Rolindo Suguilon said on Wednesday that they are ready to arrest Quiboloy once they finally locate him.</p>

Police Col. Rolindo Suguilon said on Wednesday that they are ready to arrest Quiboloy once they finally locate him.

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New Davao City Police OIC vows to continue manhunt vs Quiboloy

New Davao City Police OIC vows to continue manhunt vs Quiboloy

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Published May 30, 2024 02:56 PM PHT

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Updated May 30, 2024 04:31 PM PHT

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