Last accused in Bong Revilla flood control case arrested
MANILA, Philippines — Police have arrested the last remaining co-accused of former senator Bong Revilla in connection with the alleged anomalous flood control project in Bulacan.
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla confirmed on Wednesday, January 21, that Emelita Juat is now in custody.
“Andon na sila lahat ngayon… si Juat arrested na,” Remulla told reporters. (All of them are now accounted for… Juat has been arrested.)
According to a spot report from Police Regional Office 3, Juat, 64, was arrested in Obando, Bulacan at around 11 p.m. on January 20.
All co-accused now in custody. Juat is among the five co-accused of Revilla sought by the Sandiganbayan after it issued arrest warrants on January 19 for malversation and graft linked to a P92.8 million flood control project in Bulacan.
Also charged in the case are former Department of Public Works and Highways engineers Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza, along with two others.
Revilla surrendered to police on January 19 in Quezon City, while Hernandez and Mendoza were already in Senate custody when the warrants were issued.
On January 20, the Sandiganbayan Third Special Division ordered Revilla detained at the male dormitory of the Quezon City Jail in Payatas.
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