00:00Former Presidential Spokesperson Tony Harry Roque has already applied for political asylum in the Netherlands.
00:06I am now an asylum seeker because I have already applied for asylum.
00:13Roque is waiting for the first part of the interview process to get asylum.
00:18Roque said that as an asylum seeker, he cannot be arrested or forced to return to the Philippines.
00:25Malacanang first said that Roque only has an application.
00:29He said that aside from what he should prove,
00:31the political persecution or imprisonment of him here in the Philippines to get asylum
00:37is something that needs to be investigated according to the palace because there is a lot of evidence against Roque.
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