Economics
FBI-Most Wanted Pastor’s Arrest Puts Duterte on Defensive
- Marcos says government isn’t considering extradition just yet
- Probe on casinos that boomed under Duterte also resumes
Rodrigo Duterte
Photographer: Linus Escandor II/AFP/Getty Images
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Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has come to his pastor’s defense and filed cases against the government and police officials as a deepening feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. threatens to rattle one of Asia’s growth stars.
Apollo Quiboloy, on the FBI’s most-wanted list since 2022, was arrested Sunday in Duterte’s turf in Davao City. Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos on Monday said the former leader had filed cases of malicious mischief against him. Vice President Sara Duterte, the ex-leader’s daughter who quit Marcos’ cabinet in July, criticized the government for “grave abuse of police power.”