{"id":18251,"date":"2026-01-14T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18251"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:54:55","slug":"arrest-atong-ang-laguna-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/arrest-atong-ang-laguna-court\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ARREST ATONG ANG\u2019 \u2013 LAGUNA COURT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A COURT in Laguna <\/strong><strong>has issued an arrest warrant against businessman Charlie \u201cAtong\u201d Ang over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of dozens of cockfighting enthusiasts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ang faces kidnapping with homicide and kidnapping cases before three Regional Trial Courts &#8212; in Lipa City, Batangas and in San Pablo City and Sta. Cruz town, both in Laguna.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Laguna RTC Branch 26 in Sta. Cruz issued the arrest warrant against Ang for kidnapping with homicide, a non bailable offense.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the arrest warrant issued by presiding Judge Mary Jean Cajandab-Ong dated Jan. 13, 2026, concerned law officers were directed to use at least one body-worn camera and one alternative recording device pursuant to the Rules on the Use of Body-Worn Cameras in the Execution of Warrants issued by the Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aside from Ang, \u00a017 other suspects were also ordered arrested.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The case against Ang stemmed in 2022 over the mysterious disappearances of several \u201csabungeros.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The disappearances was revealed to the public last year with the appearance of whistleblower Julie &#8220;Dondon&#8221; Patidongan also known as &#8220;Totoy,\u201d a former employee of Ang, who claimed that the bodies of the \u201csabungeros\u201d were dumped in Taal Lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patidongan tagged Ang as the mastermind behind the disappearances. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ang denied the accusations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) urged Ang to surrender peacefully as authorities are now actively pursuing him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A COURT in Laguna has issued an arrest warrant against businessman Charlie &ldquo;Atong&rdquo; Ang over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of dozens of cockfighting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18254,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions\/18254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}