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The Department of Justice will consider it as “flight” if Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. refuses to return to the Philippines, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday.
The ethics committee has given Teves until Monday, March 20, to respond to its letter explaining his failure to return to the Philippines after his travel clearance expired. In an interview on Unang Balita on Friday, Topacio stressed there is no direct evidence linking Teves to the killing of Degamo, his political rival, and urged authorities to look at all angles and not at just one person.
“Of course, the course of action is entirely left to the discretion of the client. We are only here to advise,” Topacio stressed. Arrested suspects in the killing later named a certain “Cong Teves” as the person who ordered the killing. “There is no direct evidence. In an ambush interview, the suspect said he talked to a certain Marvin, the supposed middleman for the guns for hire, and this Marvin said that a Congressman Teves ordered the hit,” the lawyer added.
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