00:00 A local website in Timor-Leste released a news where the Court of Appeals ordered that under house arrest,
00:10 former Negros Oriental representative Arnulfo Tevez Jr. will return.
00:17 The public was shocked by the announcement of former congressman Arnulfo Tevez Jr.
00:23 because of the latest update on the case of Timor-Leste.
00:26 A local website in Timor-Leste, Hatutan.com,
00:30 revealed that the Court of Appeals ordered that the former president be put under house arrest.
00:38 In our copy of the Court of Appeals order,
00:41 it states that Tevez will be under house arrest while the court is awaiting a decision on the extradition request of the Philippines.
00:49 Attorney Ferdinand Topacio, Tevez's lawyer here in the Philippines,
00:54 saw in the court of Timor-Leste that his client is not flight risk or not too flight risk.
01:01 That's why he was allowed under house arrest.
01:03 In his house, Timor-Leste's bed is also sleeping.
01:07 He cannot leave the house without reason,
01:10 except in emergency cases and there is still a need for a bed from the court, according to Topacio.
01:17 Topacio also showed that he's not wearing his uniform as a detainee.
01:25 Meanwhile, the news reached the Department of Justice that Tevez is under house arrest.
01:31 The DOJ undersecretary Raul Vasquez said that even though Tevez is under house arrest,
01:36 he is still being treated under police custody.
01:39 The official also stated that the extradition request against the convicted congressman is still ongoing.
01:45 Here is the latest from the Department of Justice.
01:48 We will be back, Artie.
01:49 Thank you very much, Louisa Erizpe.
