Police secure Kingdom of Jesus Christ Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his co-accused as they leave the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on September 12, 2024, after pleading not guilty to charges of qualified human trafficking. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Karen De Guzman

Dennis Datu

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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172620575797720240913-quiboloy-arraignment-pasig-rtc-JC-4465.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Police secure Kingdom of Jesus Christ Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his co-accused as they leave the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on September 12, 2024, after pleading not guilty to charges of qualified human trafficking. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy, who is facing qualified human trafficking charges among others, will remain at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center at Camp Crame, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said Friday.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/10/quiboloy-mga-kapwa-akusado-mananatili-sa-pnp-custodial-center-1839">• Quiboloy, mga kapwa akusado mananatili sa PNP Custodial Center</a></div><p>This was according to a commitment order issued by the Pasig City Regional Trial Court branch 159 handling the trafficking case against Quiboloy and 4 others. The 5 pleaded not guilty to the charge. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/13/quiboloy-pleads-not-guilty-to-qualified-human-trafficking-raps-1022">• Quiboloy pleads not guilty to qualified human trafficking raps</a> </div><p>The court cited Quiboloy as a <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">security risk</span> in allowing him to stay in the PNP Custodial Center instead of a regular jail.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/10/no-vip-treatment-for-quiboloy-co-accused-bjmp-2133">• No VIP treatment for Quiboloy, co-accused: BJMP</a></div><p>Meanwhile, his four co-accused will be transferred to Pasig City Jail, BJMP spokesperson Jayrex Bustinera said. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/9/kojc-lawyers-file-motion-to-transfer-quiboloy-s-custody-to-afp-1647">• KOJC seeks to transfer Quiboloy to military custody</a></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Bago pa man ito (commitment order) ma-receive…nagpadala na rin po ng karagdagang security para sa preparation natin,” BJMP Spokesperson JSupt. Jayrex Bustinera 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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Nag-check na tayo ng facilities kanina at chineck natin kung may paglalagyan pa, saan ilalagay, at sinisigurado po kasi natin na walang special treatment dito,” he added. </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quiboloy’s co-accused will be placed with other detainees already held there.</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are 1,500 inmates at the male dormitory and 138 in the female dormitory. </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Nasa 500 percent ang congestion rate ng male dorm and nasa 238 percent ang female dorm. So makikita po natin dito na ang paglalagyan nila ay may mga laman na,” Bustinera noted.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p>Quiboloy earlier requested to be under the custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which the defense department rejected. </p><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Department of National Defense (DND) filed a new motion in court on Friday to oppose the request for Quiboloy’s transfer to a military detention facility.</span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In a comment and opposition submitted to the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 106, DND Assistant Secretary and Chief of Legal and Legislative Affairs Atty. Erik Lawrence Dy argued that Quiboloy is not suitable for detention in a military facility because the cases against him involved heinous crimes that fall solely under the jurisdiction of civilian courts.</span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dy further asserted that the AFP’s mandate excluded the detention of suspects facing criminal charges. </span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">He added that Quiboloy is not a member of the AFP.</span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Bagamat mayroon po tayo na mga AFP detention facilities within military camps, ito po ay subject to very stringent security and operational protocols at nakalaan po ito sa mga kawani ng AFP na charged or convicted with service related offenses under the jurisdiction of general court martial,” Dy said.</span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Sa kasong ito ang mga akusado ay hindi po miyembro ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at ang mga alegasyon po laban sa kanila ay nasasaklaw na po ng ating mga civil courts so nararapat lamang po na manatili ang kustodiya nila sa ating mga law enforcement authorities at hindi po sa kasundaluhan,” he added. </span></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BE-gbaE6mbQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The court supposedly cited Quiboloy being a security risk in allowing him to stay in the PNP Custodial Center instead of a regular jail.</p>

The court supposedly cited Quiboloy being a security risk in allowing him to stay in the PNP Custodial Center instead of a regular jail.

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Quiboloy stays at Crame while 4 co-accused move to Pasig jail: BJMP

Quiboloy stays at Crame while 4 co-accused move to Pasig jail: BJMP

Karen De Guzman,

Dennis Datu,

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Published Sep 13, 2024 02:07 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 13, 2024 03:30 PM PHT

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