Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, June 30 that her legal team will be filing criminal complaints against the persons behind the video of a man who claimed that he was coerced to testify against detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)
00:00Make no mistake. This isn't just an attack on my office. This is an attack on truth-telling.
00:10Kaya, hindi natin hahayaan na takutin nila ang mga witnesses at sindakin nila ang Senado.
00:19Kaya, sa mga nasa likod ng video na ito, you have crossed a line. Sobra na kayo.
00:27Dahil doon, I have consulted with my legal team, and on Wednesday, we will file a complaint before the NBI and seek their assistance in investigating the people responsible for this video and those systematically circulating it in their disinformation networks.
00:48This is only step one, and we will take further decisive action, including the filing of criminal complaints.
00:58Para sa mga testigo at biktima, at para sa Senado, maniningil kami ng justisya.
01:06Now, last week, I promised na ilalabas namin ang mga ebidensya na patunay na nagsisinungaling siya.
01:19Si Michael, ang paulit-ulit na lumapit sa aking opisina.
01:26Hindi siya tinakot, hindi siya pinilit.
01:28Siya ang naghahabol sa amin para magpahayag ng kanyang panig.
01:36Narito ang mga resibo.
01:39Noong December 14, 2023, he emailed my office.
01:45Sabi niya, quote,
01:47Taliwas yan sa sinasabi niyang nakumbinsi daw siya na tumestigo para mabayaran.
02:10Because we take some time to vet emails.
02:16Noong pakiramdam niya ay hindi siya pinapansin,
02:19he messaged us two more times.
02:22Noong December 15, 2023, at January 28, 2024.
02:30Nasaan dyan ang pinilit?
02:34Muli siya ang una at paulit-ulit na lumapit.
02:38He freely and voluntarily offered his testimony and assistance.
02:46Pangalawa, inutusan daw si Michael na idamay at idagdag sa testimonya niya.
02:54Si dating Pangulong Duterte at VP Sarah Duterte.
02:59Alimutan na ata ni Michael na sa pinakaunang salaysay
03:03na siya mismo ang gumawa at nagbigay sa aking opisina.
03:09Andoon na ang pangalan ng mga Duterte.
03:14Sinulat niya, quote,
03:16Minsan po, nagbivisit doon si former press Duterte at VP Sarah Duterte, close quote.
03:22Siya ang nagbigay at nagsulat niyan.
03:25Again, walang pumilit.
03:29Siya ang nagkusang loob.
03:31No one paid him.
03:33No one coerced him.
03:35I cannot stress this enough.
03:38In fact, on February 7, 2024,
03:43he was the one who asked us for money.
03:46Malinaw ang sagot namin sa kanya.
04:00Our office has a strict policy of not providing financial assistance to potential witness and witnesses.
04:08He knew that.
04:09And yet now, on video, he claims we gave him 1 million pesos?
04:15That is a lie.
04:18And he knows it.
04:21Pati sa detalya ng tinulugan,
04:24ang sinungaling niya.
04:26Wala akong kondominyong na pagmamay-ari.
04:31Michael wasn't staying at one place.
04:33Inililipat siya sa iba't-ibang safe house na inayos katulong ang religious groups at civil society.
04:43Dahil na rin sa sinabi niyang banta sa kanyang buhay.
04:48Again, mga kasama,
04:51he was moved between safe houses because he was afraid that his life was in danger.
04:58This is our system of coordinating witness safety since the Duterte years.
