THE lawyer of the fugitive and expelled congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. said on Saturday that a court in Timor Leste had invalidated the Philippine government's request to extradite him to face murder charges here.
THE lawyer of the fugitive and expelled congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. said on Saturday that a court in Timor Leste had invalidated the Philippine government's request to extradite him to face murder charges here.In a press conference Saturday, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio presented documents he said were issued by the Timor Leste Court of Appeals ruling as 'null and void' its earlier decision to reject Teves' appeal against his extradition.
Teves is facing 10 counts of murder, 12 counts of frustrated murder and four counts of attempted murder before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 51 concerning the March 4, 2023 shootings in the town of Pamplona in Negros Oriental.He is also facing multiple murder charges in Negros Oriental in connection with a series of murders that took place in various parts of the province in 2019.Teves was designated as a terrorist in August 2023 by the Anti-Terrorism Council.
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