Nanawagan si Sen. Risa Hontiveros sa Department of Justice (DOJ) na agarang aksyunan ang hiling ng U.S. na ipa-extradite ang lider ng Kingdom of Jesus Christ na si Apollo Quiboloy upang harapin ang mga kasong sex trafficking at iba pang krimen.
Ayon kay Hontiveros, panahon na upang managot si Quiboloy sa mga alegasyong kinasasangkutan nito.
“It’s about time for Apollo Quiboloy to be extradited to the United States of America. He (allegedly) trafficked women and girls from around the world. Justice demands that he answer for these crimes in the very places he committed them,” ani Hontiveros.
Hinimok din niya ang DOJ na pabilisin ang proseso ng extradition.
“The Department of Justice must act with dispatch to clear the road toward extradition. It is time to allow the victims to be at peace,” dagdag niya.
Pinuri rin ng senador ang extradition request ng U.S. at inalala ang mga pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality na kanyang pinamumunuan, kung saan nagbigay ng testimonya ang mga umano’y naging biktima ni Quiboloy.
“As chairperson of the Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality, which heard the heartbreaking testimonies of the women Quiboloy (reportedly) preyed upon, I am relieved that not one but two jurisdictions want to hold him to account for his crimes against women and girls,” aniya.
Naghain ang U.S. ng extradition request noong Hulyo laban sa 76-anyos na si Quiboloy, na kabilang sa Ten Most Wanted Fugitives ng Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Nahaharap siya sa mga kasong conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking, sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, conspiracy, at bulk cash smuggling.
Kasalukuyang nakakulong si Quiboloy sa Pasig City Jail habang nililitis sa mga kasong qualified human trafficking at child abuse.
