00:00 The warrant of arrest was wrapped up
00:04 against Pastor Apollo Q. Buloy and five others in Davao City.
00:09 Some members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ were arrested
00:12 and police were bombarded with water.
00:14 But there were still some arrested for the operations
00:17 that were used by helicopter.
00:19 RGL Relator of GMA Regional TV One Mindanao is live.
00:24 RGL.
00:28 Mel Emil Atom was arrested by members of KOJC and police
00:33 who were allowed to enter the properties of Pastor Apollo Q. Buloy
00:37 here in Davao City to serve the warrants of arrest against him and five others.
00:43 [Police sirens]
00:47 This is how high the tension was when the police arrived
00:50 outside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound in Buhangin, Davao City
00:54 to serve the warrants of arrest against KOJC founder Pastor Apollo Q. Buloy
01:01 and five others in the cases of child abuse, sexual abuse,
01:05 and violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.
01:09 You can see in the video the police preparing to climb the fence.
01:14 But it was stopped by members of KOJC.
01:19 Later on...
01:21 [Chanting]
01:25 The police flooded the area with a firetruck.
01:29 [Police sirens]
01:34 Some police were able to climb the roof of the firetruck
01:37 but they were stopped by supporters of Q. Buloy.
01:40 [Police sirens]
01:46 Some were injured.
01:48 The police were completely swept away.
01:50 [Police sirens]
01:55 The members of KOJC said that they did not have any documents
01:58 that the police presented to them.
02:00 [Police sirens]
02:11 The situation calmed down when the KOJC lawyer called
02:15 the former president Rodrigo Duterte
02:17 who was interrogated in the compound.
02:19 The former president is now serving as the administrator of KOJC.
02:23 The police will just serve.
02:25 The lawyers of the pastors will just tell stories.
02:29 If the lawyer is not able to prove that he has a warrant against the pastor,
02:36 he will just surrender to the police.
02:39 When the KOJC lawyers arrived and the police presented the warrant to the court,
02:45 the police entered the compound.
02:47 The buildings were entered one by one inside the compound.
02:51 In the meantime, a police chopper was also circling the compound.
02:54 But Q. Buloy was not found inside the compound
02:58 and five other subjects were arrested under the warrant.
03:00 It was negative.
03:02 We did not see the subjects under the warrant of arrest earlier.
03:07 But we are thankful that the arrest under the warrant of arrest became peaceful.
03:15 Although there was a little resistance at first,
03:18 but after the negotiation, we were allowed to enter,
03:21 especially in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
03:23 According to the Police Regional Office 11,
03:26 the surrounding warrants of arrest were issued by the Passive City RTC Branch 159.
03:31 But aside from this arrest warrant,
03:33 the Davao City RTC issued a warrant of arrest to Q. Buloy
03:38 for sexual and child abuse cases
03:40 that he was only allowed to leave and was ordered by the Supreme Court to be transferred to Quezon City.
03:46 The Senate also issued a separate arrest order against the pastor
03:50 in accordance with his firmness in facing the Senate hearings.
03:53 Aside from the cases in the Philippines,
03:55 Q. Buloy will be counted as one of 2022
03:58 on the Wanted List of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of America
04:01 which faces a range of cases
04:04 including sex trafficking by force,
04:06 fraud and coercion,
04:07 conspiracy,
04:08 and bulk cash smuggling.
04:10 At 8 in the morning,
04:12 the police withdrew from the KOJC compound.
04:15 Aside from the headquarters of KOJC,
04:18 the police also went to several properties of Q. Buloy,
04:21 next to Glory Mountain in Barangay Tamayong.
04:24 In the CCTV footage,
04:25 the police broke into the gate of the compound.
04:29 But members of KOJC came out from inside
04:33 and tried to stop the police.
04:35 There is a resistance in Glory Mountain
04:40 that we need to break the fence.
04:44 But if we look at the rule,
04:48 in the criminal procedure section 11,
04:51 the officer has the right to break into the building or in the closure
04:58 if we think that the subject of the warrant of arrest is inside.
05:03 [Police siren]
05:08 Atom, for now, the situation is back to normal outside the KOJC compound.
05:12 According to the PRO11,
05:13 they will serve the warrant of arrest
05:15 if there is information on the whereabouts of Pastor Q. Buloy
05:19 and five others.
05:20 Atom.
05:21 Thank you very much, R. Gilles Bledator
05:23 of GMA Regional TV, One Mindanao.
05:26 [Music]
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