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Apollo Quiboloy, head of "the Kingdom of Jesus Christ," a non-Catholic religious group, speaks during a press conference in Davao City in southern island of Mindanao on May 23, 2016. Manman Dejeto, AFP/File 



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Jamaine Punzalan

Johnson Manabat

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172489088068017110047003111710471716947AFP__20160523__B43YE__v1__HighRes__PhilippinesPoliticsDuterteQuiboloy (1).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Apollo Quiboloy, head of &quot;the Kingdom of Jesus Christ,&quot; a non-Catholic religious group, speaks during a press conference in Davao City in southern island of Mindanao on May 23, 2016. <em>Manman Dejeto, AFP/File </em></span></span></span></span><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – Additional police officers were deployed to search for fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy at the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ in Davao City on Thursday, as the hunt for him entered the sixth day and zeroed in on several areas. </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">Footage captured by ABS-CBN News showed dozens of officers carrying shields as they arrived at the KOJC compound around 3 a.m. </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">Some officers were also seen carrying a large blue box, the content of which remained unknown. </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"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/marcos-denies-overkill-human-rights-violations-in-raid-to-arrest-quiboloy-1558">Marcos denies overkill, human rights violations in raid to arrest Quiboloy</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong><br/></strong></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong></strong><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3067183"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Some 2,000 police officers and personnel from other law enforcement agencies remain at the KOJC property, said PBGen. Roderick Alba, spokesperson of the S<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(95, 99, 104);orphans:2;widows:2">pecial Task Group Teknon Alpha. </span><br/><br/><span style="color:rgb(95, 99, 104);orphans:2;widows:2">&quot;Ito ay nagrerelyebo lang 24/7 to give time for others to rest because Region 11 has no luxury of resources so nagpapalitan po. Di lang ito trabaho ng PNP, marami pa kaming concerns,” he said.</span></p><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:rgb(95, 99, 104);orphans:2;widows:2">He also confirmed reports that authorities brought equipment inside the compound to help search for Quiboloy. </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:rgb(95, 99, 104);orphans:2;widows:2">“These are part of operational information, ang na-observe natin that is true na may pinapasok and that is the call of the ground commander. Revealing kung ano yung kanilang specific na ginagawa again…this may jeopardize yung ginagawa nilang activitiy doon sa loob,” he </span><font color="#5f6368"><span style="caret-color:rgb(95, 99, 104)"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2"></span>said. </span></font></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">Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said authorities are focusing on several areas inside the 30-hectare property where Quiboloy is believed to be hiding. </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">“Ito’y 30 hectares…na puro cement, metal at of course, may sinasabing passageways, napakarami po n’yan. Pwede kang lumipat-lipat. Ganoon po kahirap ang ginagawa ng ating pulisya,” Abalos told TeleRadyo Serbisyo. </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">“Naglagay na po kami ng mga tao, naglagay na po kami ng mga makina at medyo sabihin na nating naka-focus na sa ilang lugar,” he added. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Resistance from KOJC members is delaying the operations, said Alba. </span><br/><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;We&#x27;re being challenged sa delay na ginagawa because of resistance kaya nga ang appeal namin...we&#x27;re not after members of KOJC, even the church, we respect it. Ang amin ipatupad valid warrants of arrest from the courts,” 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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/26/18-arrested-as-pnp-disperses-quiboloy-followers-blocking-davao-city-road-1649">18 arrested as PNP disperses Quiboloy followers blocking Davao City road</a></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">A Davao court on Tuesday ordered the PNP to remove its barriers or blockades around the KOJC property, saying these hinder the exercise of members&#x27; religious, academic, and property rights. </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">The PNP was also directed to &quot;immediately cease and desist from any act or omission that threatens the life, liberty, security, or property of the petitioners.&quot; </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"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/27/pagbungkal-sa-umano-y-bunker-ni-quiboloy-sinimulan-na-1814">Pagbungkal sa umano&#x27;y &#x27;bunker&#x27; ni Quiboloy, sinimulan na</a></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">Abalos said authorities received on Wednesday a court clarification that the previous order “does not cancel or nullify” the warrant of arrest against Quiboloy. </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">“Tama kami all the while na tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang aming paghanap [kay Quiboloy],” the official 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"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/28/pnp-won-t-stop-search-for-appointed-son-of-god-in-kojc-compound-838">PNP won&#x27;t stop search for Quiboloy in KOJC compound</a></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/28/court-did-not-order-police-to-stop-kojc-operations-to-arrest-quiboloy-doj-911">Court did not order police to stop KOJC operations to arrest Quiboloy — DOJ</a></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 class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724891438917PNP QUIBOLOY THUMBNAIL.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Ryan Evangelista, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quiboloy is accused of sex-trafficking girls and women aged 12 to 25 to work as personal assistants, or &quot;pastorals&quot;, who were allegedly required to have sex with him.</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">The 74-year-old pastor and five other defendants have been charged with qualified human trafficking and other acts of child abuse. </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"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/26/-rat-pipes-in-alleged-bunker-of-quiboloy-kojc-lawyer-2207">&#x27;Rat, pipes&#x27; in alleged bunker of Quiboloy: KOJC lawyer</a></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 said his accusers had made up the accusations because he rejected them. </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"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/26/dozens-of-quiboloy-supporters-hold-protest-in-manila-2301">Dozens of Quiboloy supporters hold protest in Manila</a><br/><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"><strong>– With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></span></div>

<p>Additional police officers were deployed to search for fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy at the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ in Davao City on Thursday, as the hunt for him entered the sixth day and zeroed in on several areas.</p>

Additional police officers were deployed to search for fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy at the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ in Davao City on Thursday, as the hunt for him entered the sixth day and zeroed in on several areas.

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More cops join Quiboloy search zeroing in on select KOJC compound areas

Jamaine Punzalan,

Johnson Manabat,

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Published Aug 29, 2024 08:51 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 29, 2024 11:46 AM PHT

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