Teves out of prison in East Timor capital

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Jun 11, 2024 12:15 am

(UPDATE) EXPELLED Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves, facing murder charges in the Philippines, has been released from preventive detention in Becora Prison in the capital city of Dili in East Timor, his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said Monday.

'The request for extradition by the Philippine Government was made out of time and in a manner that is not sanctioned by practice and customary international law,' Topacio said in a short statement.

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