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Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla attends a Senate hearing on March 20, 2025. Handout, Senate PRIB

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Victoria Tulad

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175705887962920250320remula-crispin-senate-PRIB1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla attends a Senate hearing on March 20, 2025. Handout, Senate PRIB</div><div> </div>MANILA — A congressman has supposedly complained to the Department of Justice (DOJ) over his inclusion in the immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) issued in relation to anomalous flood control projects in the country.DOJ Secretary Jesus Cripin Remulla said in a press conference on Friday that Congressman Ferdinand Beltran called his staff.“We have a feedback na may nagrereklamo sa House that one of those issued an ILBO is a congressman, a certain Mr. Beltran. I don’t know him,” Remulla said.“Gave a few phone calls here and there. And na-alarm lang kami. Well, I&#x27;m sorry. Hindi po namin piniling gawin yan. It&#x27;s not an arbitrary decision on our part to put a name of a congressman there. It&#x27;s just that he happened to be in the list submitted by the Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman. Of course, we respect the Blue Ribbon Committee,” he added.Remulla said he did not know which construction company Beltran supposedly had ties to.  “Kami naman ministerial sa ‘min yan eh. Pag nag-request, we will issue. Because that&#x27;s what the job entails,” the justice secretary said.“Hindi kami puwedeng i-exempt namin yung isa dahil may posisyon. Hindi po ganoon ang trabaho namin dito. We have to call a spade a spade. Kung yan ang listahan, iyan ang ilalabas namin. It’s fair.”  The DOJ issued an ILBO against <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/4/immigration-35-people-including-discayas-added-to-lookout-bulletin-order-1920">43 contractors and government officials. </a>Remulla said the DOJ has not issued a lookout order for AKO BICOL part-list <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/4/rep-zaldy-co-in-us-house-spox-1345">Rep.  Zaldy Co</a>, who allegedly had ties to construction firm Sunwest.The House of Representatives has said that Co is in the United States for medical treatment.“We haven&#x27;t put him yet on an ILBO. Kasi nga, it will take a few requests for us to be able to handle those things… It&#x27;s something that you don&#x27;t want to use wantonly because it involves a constitutional right. We do not want to violate people&#x27;s rights here,” Remulla said.He added that the government contractors <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/4/protesters-hurl-mud-mark-magnanakaw-on-discaya-compound-in-pasig-1247">Sarah and Curlee Discayas</a> have not left the country.Remulla said they would know if any of the people in the ILBO left the country unless they use another identity or another passport.“Pagka dumating yung panahon na nagkaroon na ng kaso and they&#x27;re in absentia well, we can still put an HDO (hold departure order) against them. Kasi they&#x27;re suspected to have absconded to another country. At saka Interpol, we can give a blue notice and a red notice. A blue notice to know, to inform us of the whereabouts of the person, and a red notice to help us arrest the person if possible,” he said.Remulla mentioned that there was no update yet on the contractor whom he previously said could be a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/29/possible-whistleblower-in-ghost-flood-control-projects-reaches-out-to-doj-1645">potential whistleblower.</a>“Ngayon may reports na about the ghost projects, may reports na about the different projects and some of them are changing their minds probably or some of them have become more intent to speak,” he said. The DOJ is waiting for the creation of the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/1/marcos-says-finalizing-eo-creating-independent-body-for-flood-control-probe-1114">independent committee</a> that will investigate the anomalous flood control projects.<div> </div>

A congressman has supposedly complained to the Department of Justice over his inclusion in the immigration lookout bulletin order issued in relation to anomalous flood control projects in the country.

A congressman has supposedly complained to the Department of Justice over his inclusion in the immigration lookout bulletin order issued in relation to anomalous flood control projects in the country.

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Lawmaker complains over inclusion in lookout order for flood control mess: Remulla

Victoria Tulad,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 05, 2025 04:00 PM PHT

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Updated September 06, 2025 09:08 AM PHT

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