THE government on Wednesday dismissed as a delaying tactic a letter circulating online in which expelled congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. pleads for help from international organizations, human rights groups and even Pope Francis, claiming he is being unjustly persecuted and falsely accused of murder by the Philippine government.

'You all know the reality in the Philippines; please do not send me there. I do not want to be killed. Please save my life,' Teves allegedly wrote in the letter addressed to the United Nations and Amnesty International.