00:00The former congressman Arnulfo Tevez Jr. called it a fake news
00:05when the Justice Department said that Timor-Leste destroyed the appeal against the extrajudicial of the former congressman.
00:13According to Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, Tevez's lawyer,
00:17Timor-Leste issued a stay order and did not destroy their appeal.
00:24The former congressman also argued that he went to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
00:29to investigate the violation of his rights.
00:34Atty. Topacio said that he was forced to leave the country to avoid political persecution.
00:42The DOJ said that Tevez was about to return to his country because the extrajudicial process was already underway.
00:51His appeal was later denied.
00:55The DOJ added that there is a high possibility that the extrajudicial process will start
01:00after Pope Francis' visit to Timor-Leste from September 9 to 11.
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