COURT ORDERS TRANSFER OF QUIBOLOY TO PASIG CITY JAIL

THE Pasig City Regional Trial Court  has ordered the transfer of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy to the Pasig City Jail, a ranking police official said.

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said Quiboloy would be transferred to the Pasig jail on Wednesday afternoon from the Philippine Heart Center, where he is confined after being granted a medical furlough.

“Pursuant to an order issued by RTC (Regional Trial Court) Pasig Nov. 27 by 4 p.m. we expect that we will be transferring the custody of Apollo Quiboloy to the Pasig City Jail,” said Fajardo.

Quiboloy has been staying at the PNP Custodial Center at Camp Crame since his arrest on Sept. 8 after a 16-day operation inside the KOJC compound in Davao City.

The self-proclaimed son of god was detained at Camp Crame pending the petitions filed by his lawyers for either hospital arrest or house arrest.

On November 22, Fajardo said the Pasig City RTC issued an order for the transfer of Quiboloy to the Pasig City Jail.

“His detention at the PNP Custodial Center is just temporary and since we are already done with the medical assessment, there is no more reason for him to stay at Camp Crame,” the PNP spokesperson said.

“We welcome the order issued by the court and because it definitely entails financial and human resources whenever we escort him to the hospital or to the court. So definitely this will ease the burden on the part of the HSS (Headquarters Support Service) in providing security escort every time he needs to go out of Camp Crame,” she added.

Quiboloy, who is facing a non-bailable qualified human trafficking charge, was arrested in September at the church compound in Davao City

He is also accused of child and sexual abuse, along with five of his aides.