DAVAO CITY – A portion of the Carlos P. Garcia Highway in this city has been closed to traffic for 18 hours as of 3 p.m. on Monday, August 26, as over 1,000 Kingdom of Jesus Christ members barricaded the road to protest police occupation inside their premises.
The closure of the highway, also known as Davao City Diversion Road, partly paralyzed traffic here since 8 p.m. on Sunday, August 25.
But members grew in the middle of the road and eventually occupied the six-lane highway that links the Bangkal and Panacan areas here. The protest was an offshoot of the serving of warrants of arrests against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his four companions who are accused of child abuse and human trafficking on Saturday, August 24.
Tensions have been high due to continued police presence in the 30-hectare compound located beside the Davao International Airport.
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