00:00The Quezon City Regional Trial Court entered a not guilty plea for former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Tevez Jr.
00:07This in connection with his terrorism financing charges after he refused to enter a plea himself.
00:13His legal counsel, attorney Ferdinand Topasha, confirmed that Tevez declined to make a plea, prompting the court to act accordingly.
00:21Tevez did not appear in person and instead joined the arraignment via video conference,
00:25citing a scheduled medical checkup and continued recovery from an emergency appendectomy last month.
